Sagua la Chica
{{for|the river|Sagua la Chica River}}
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| image_caption = Carriage of the Parrandas of the Barrio La Marina in Sagua La Chica, 1960
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| subdivision_name1 = Villa Clara
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| subdivision_name2 = Camajuani
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| subdivision_name3 = Batalla de Santa Clara
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Sagua la Chica also known as Sagua is a rural settlement in Camajuani, Cuba. It is located in the ward of Batalla de Santa Clara,{{Cite journal |last=Ruiz |first=Asdrubal Martínez |last2=Cala |first2=Yerenis Torres |last3=Jiménez |first3=Osvaldo López |date=2023-11-09 |title=Plan de acciones para contrarrestar los impactos del cambio climático en zonas vulnerables en Camajuaní |url=https://cmad.ama.cu/index.php/cmad/article/view/357 |journal=Cub@: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo |language=es |volume=23 |issn=1683-8904}} in the north of Camajuaní, with the town having a population of 1,447 people.{{Cite web |title=Sagua la Chica (Camajuaní, Villa Clara Province, Cuba) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/cuba/villaclara/camajuan%C3%AD/2605189__sagua_la_chica/ |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=www.citypopulation.de}} Sagua la Chica has the same name as the Sagua la Chica river and is 174 mi (or 280 km) away from the capital of Havana.
Education
There is one school in the town, which is: {{Cite web |title=Portal del Ciudadano en Camajuaní - Educación |url=https://www.soycamajuani.gob.cu/es/educacion/amp |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=www.soycamajuani.gob.cu |archive-date=2024-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712021433/https://www.soycamajuani.gob.cu/es/educacion/amp |url-status=dead }}
- Restituto Muñiz Primary
Geography
Towns nearby Sagua la Chica include Resulta, Hermanos Toledo, Jumagua, Colonia Miguel del Sol (also known as Miguel del Sol), Jagüey, and Crucero Carolina (also known as just Carolina).{{Cite web |title=List of Cities near Sagua la Grande in Villa Clara, Cuba |url=http://www.gomapper.com/travel/list-of-cities-near/sagua-la-grande.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608083218/http://www.gomapper.com/travel/list-of-cities-near/sagua-la-grande.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 8, 2015 |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=www.gomapper.com}}
File:Río Sagua la Chica SNU-MIA (2) (cropped).jpg, which divides Camajuaní and Encrucijada, seen from above]]
The town of Sagua la Chica borders the municipality of Encrucijada and is in the ward of Batalla de Santa Clara.
Economy
According at the DMPF ({{lang|es|Departamento de control de la Dirección Municipal de Planificación Física}} or Management Control Department Municipal Physical Planning in English) of Camajuani, Sagua la Chica is a settlement not linked to any source of an economic or job development but still are maintained. {{Cite web |last=Barroso |first=Joel Jiménez |last2=Figueroa Vidal |first2=Dr. Arq. Carlos. R. |title=Diagnóstico estratégico de la situación habitacional del municipio de Camajuaní |url=https://dspace.uclv.edu.cu/bitstream/handle/123456789/1550/C10009.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y}} {{rp|page 68}}
History
File:Mapa de Vueltas en 1909.jpg
Until 1976 Sagua was a barrio of the former municipality of Vueltas.
In 2018, several settlements in Villa Clara were flooded, in Camajuaní these settlements included Rincón, Guajén, Sagua la Chica, Macagual, Guerrero, Floridano, Vega Alta, and Vega de Palma. {{Cite web |title=Francisnet Díaz Rondón |url=https://www.facebook.com/francisnet.rondon/posts/pfbid0ewfLpqZTpX6uFVNBVGM5nNGUp4hsgc6yoWu4NijSFUp63CMZVFzckaxbrFPptaAjl |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}
Until around 2019-2020 Sagua la Chica was a ward (consejo popular), before it became part of the ward of Batalla de Santa Clara
Resources
Vega Alta, Sagua la Chica, and Crecencio Valdés are the only towns in Camajuani that make clay. {{rp|page 77}}