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"CIENFUEGOS" PROVINCE. INFORMATION
In the middle of the Island, this province surround one of the most beautiful bay in Cuba, Jagua, settlement of aboriginal communities and later besieged with privateers and pirates have so many legends that it has its own mythology. Agriculture for tradition, in the last years had reached a development that transform it in one of the province with most potential industrial in the country.
Cienfuegos Province has the following Municipalities :Cienfuegos, Rodas, Aguada de Pasajeros, Palmira, Lajas, Cumanayagua, Abreu and Cruces.
Located in an earth tongue inside the bay, the City of Cienfuegos, the capital provintial, was founded in 1819 by french colonist which came from Burdeos, was named Fernandina de Jagua. Perfectly simetrical, its streets were subdivided from the Central Park Jose Marti, It is considered as a modern city, clean and wide. Cienfuegos have palaces, parks, theaters, churches, restaurants and an avenue named as Paseo del Prado, wich extend to the sea, where the people meet, always laughing and elegant."The South Pearl" as it is also known is always ready to receive to whom like to walk for his streets
Some places very interesting are : The Malecon and the Bahía, the Covadonga Restaurant wich is very famous by the "paellas", Rancho Luna Beach, the zone of Pasacaballos and Jagua Hotels.
Views and Information of Punta Gorda neighborhood :
Punta Gorda negihborhood is a residential area, with beatiful and modern houses, beatiful views and the Malecon bording Cienfuegos bay.
Other interesting places in Cienfuegos City
Views of Rancho Luna beach (Cienfuegos Province):
Other interesting places in Cienfuegos Province
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