Camilo Cienfuegos (Santa Cruz del Norte)

Camilo Cienfuegos
Hershey
Village

Hershey railway station

OSM map of Hershey

Location of Hershey in Cuba

Coordinates: 23°07′45″N 81°56′31″W / 23.12917°N 81.94194°W / 23.12917; -81.94194Coordinates: 23°07′45″N 81°56′31″W / 23.12917°N 81.94194°W / 23.12917; -81.94194
Country  Cuba
Province Mayabeque
Municipality Santa Cruz del Norte
Founded 1916
Elevation 113 m (371 ft)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)

Hershey (officially known as Camilo Cienfuegos)[1][2][3] is a Cuban village and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Santa Cruz del Norte, in Mayabeque Province.

History

Built by Milton Hershey in 1916 as a company town with a large sugar mill (Central azucarero),[1] it was renamed after the Cuban Revolution in honor of Camilo Cienfuegos.[4] The mill (Central Hershey, also renamed Central Camilo Cienfuegos) was closed in 2002, maintaining much of its technical facilities.[1]

Geography

Hershey, located between the cities of Havana and Matanzas, is 3 km far from Santa Cruz del Norte and the Atlantic coast. Other nearby villages are La Sierra, Jibacoa, San Antonio del Río Blanco and Loma de Travieso.

The village has a station on the main line of the Hershey Electric Railway, with a branch to Jaruco, and is 5 km far from the highway "Vía Blanca", that connects Havana to Varadero.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 (Spanish) Central Camilo Cienfuegos on EcuRed
  2. ↑ Mapa de Carreteras de Cuba (Road map of Cuba). Ediciones GEO, Havana 2011 - ISBN 959-7049-21-X
  3. ↑ 3647876021 Camilo Cienfuegos (Hershey) on OpenStreetMap
  4. ↑ Miroff, Nick (5 May 2015). "The Cuban town Mr. Hershey built". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

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