Taguayabón

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Taguayabón is a Cuban village and consejo popular (ward) of the municipality of Camajuaní, in Villa Clara Province. In 2012 it had a population of 2053.{{Cite web |title=Camajuaní (Municipality, Villa Clara Province, Cuba) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/cuba/villaclara/2605__camajuan%C3%AD/ |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=citypopulation.de}}

History

File:Mapa de Vueltas en 1909.jpg

The village, whose name means "butterfly village" in Taíno language,{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} has an unknown foundation date, being made before the Spanish discovered the town.{{Cite web |last=Barroso |first=Mario Félix Lleonart |date=2015-06-30 |title=Taguayabón y el conjuro de la gitana |url=https://www.14ymedio.com/opinion/taguayabon-conjuro-gitana_1_1066987.html |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=14ymedio |language=es}} Until 1976, it was a barrio of the former municipality of San Antonio de las Vueltas (or Vueltas), merged in Camajuaní.[http://www.guije.com/pueblo/municipios/vsanantonio/index.htm San Antonio de las Vueltas municipality (including Taguayabón)] on guije.com

Geography

Located on a rural plain surrounded by scattered hills, between Camajuaní (7.7 km west) and Remedios (11 km east); Taguayabón spans on two main crossroads, being the Calle Rivadeneira {{small|(N-S)}} and the Circuito Norte {{small|(W-E)}}.{{OSM|n|4320533257|Taguayabón}} Nearest places are the villages of Palenque (3 km east), Entronque de Vueltas (3 km west) and Vega de Palma (5 km west). The village is 9 km from Vueltas, 20 from Caibarién, 26 from Placetas, 34 from Santa Clara and 80 from Cayo Santa María.

The local government area of the "Consejo Popular de Taguayabón" includes the villages of Carolina,{{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}} Corea, La Julia, Las Lechugas, Lobatón, Rosalía, CCS Fidel Claro,{{Cite web |title=Celebrado en Villa Clara acto de Cuba por el Día Internacional de la Mujer Rural |url=http://mapeo.onu.org.cu/news/16372b38d08011e8bb5b00163e211c9e/celebrado-en-villa-clara-acto-de-cuba-por-el-dia-internacional-de-la-mujer-rural/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=mapeo.onu.org.cu}} and Palenque.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

Government

Camajuaní has multiple Constituency Delegate (Delegado Circunscripción) for every ward, Taguayabón’s ward has:{{Cite web |title=Portal del Ciudadano en Camajuaní - Consejo Popular Taguayabón |url=https://www.soycamajuani.gob.cu/es/delegados/321-consejo-popular-taguayabon/amp |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=www.soycamajuani.gob.cu}}

Constituency Delegate #63 Javier Morffi Pérez
Constituency Delegate #71 Rafael Gómez Morales
Constituency Delegate #72 Rafael Gómez Morales
Constituency Delegate #73 José A. Hernández Gómez
Constituency Delegate #75 Roberto Cruz Ramos

Transport

Taguayabón is crossed in the middle by the state highway "Circuito Norte" (CN) and counts a railway station on the line Santa Clara-Camajuaní-Remedios-Caibarién.{{OSM|n|4729970437|Taguayabón railway station}} Nearest airport, the "Abel Santamaría" of Santa Clara {{small|(IATA: SNU)}}, is 30 km west.

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, Taguayabón is a settlement linked to sources of employment or economic development.{{Cite web |last1=Barroso |first1=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 |page=67}}

The Provincial Tobacco Company La Estrella has territory in La Quinta, Camajuani, Aguada de Moya, San Antonio de las Vueltas, and Taguayabón.{{Cite web |last=Nacional |first=Equipo de Producción |title=Portal del Ciudadano en Camajuaní - Agricultura |url=https://soycamajuani.gob.cu/es/delegacion-municipal-de-la-agricultura |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Portal del Ciudadano en Camajuaní |language=es-es |archive-date=2023-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527230628/https://soycamajuani.gob.cu/es/delegacion-municipal-de-la-agricultura |url-status=dead }}

In order to make charcoal in Camajuani you need to live in Luis Arcos Bergnes or Taguayabón.{{Cite web |title=Empleo |url=https://soycamajuani.gob.cu/es/tramites-y-servicios/tramites/empleo |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Portal del Ciudadano en Camajuaní |language=es-es |archive-date=2023-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527024701/https://soycamajuani.gob.cu/es/tramites-y-servicios/tramites/empleo |url-status=dead }}

Taguayabón gets most of its products from CPA "13 de Marzo",{{Cite web |last=Vanguardia |first=Tomado de |title=Villa_Clara - Embajador de Japón en Cuba recorre pequeñas industrias de Villa Clara (+Fotos y Videos) |url=https://www.soyvillaclara.gob.cu/en/actuality-2/news/7733-embajador-de-japon-en-cuba-recorre-pequenas-industrias-de-villa-clara |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Villa_Clara |language=en-gb}} which is located in the ward. {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gC5PJa7ISQC&q=consejo+popular |title=Hekademus - Revista Cientifica de la FIEE. Volumen 02. Numero 06 |publisher=Julio Cesar Antolin Larios |language=es}}

Education

There are a few schools in the ward of Taguayabón, these include:{{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 }}