Constancia (Encrucijada)

Abel Santamaria also known as Constancia and is a ward (consejo popular) and an Urban Settlement in Encrucijada, Villa Clara Province, Cuba.

Geography

Towns in Abel Santamaría’s ward are:

• Canoa
• Tuinicú
• Paso Real
• Raizúa
• Castaño
• Las Mercedes
• Progreso
• Cayo Hueso
• Guadalupe
• Congojas

Abel Santamaria is south of La Sierra and El Purio. It is north of Santa Clara Municipality. To the east is the Sagua la Chica River and its west is Encrucijada Sur.

Education

Schools in Constancia include:

• Boris Luis Santa Coloma Primary School
• CI Sueños de Abel
• Mariana Grajales Rural Primary School
• Augusto César Sandino Rural Primary School
• Roberto Rodríguez Rural Primary School
• Jesús Menéndez Rural Primary School
• Marcelo Salado Rural Primary School

Transportation

Constancia is on the Ingenio Constantia Railway to Cayo Hueso, and which links it to the railway that starts in Santa Clara, going to Crucero Margot, to Luis Arcos Bergnes, Vega Alta, Canoa, Tuinicu, Constancia, Encrucijada, Mata, El Vaquerito, Aguada la Piedra, Cifuentes, San Diego del Valle, Conyedo, and finally back to Santa Clara.

Arts

Landmarks

In Abel Santamaria there are monuments including:

• a Spanish Fort
• Bust of

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