Encrucijada () is a municipality and town in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1850 and established as a municipality in 1910.
The municipality was divided into the barrios of Centro, Paso Real, El Santo and Vega Redonda. After the 1977 administrative reform, Calabazar de Sagua, part of Sagua la Grande, became part of it.
The municipality borders with Sagua la Grande, Cifuentes, Santa Clara and CamajuanÃÂ.
The Municipality has the Consejos populares (wards) of:
Encrucijada is on a rail line starting 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.
The municipality has 3 state highways, being the Carretera de Malezas (4âÂÂ311), linking the municipality to the provincial capital, Santa Clara, Highway 4âÂÂ273, from Calabazar de Sagua to the municipality of Cifuentes, and the Circuito Norte (4âÂÂIâÂÂ3) from CalabazarâÂÂEncrucijadaâÂÂLa Sierra and the municipalities of Sagua La Grande and CamajuanÃÂ.
In 2004, the municipality of Encrucijada had a population of 33,641. With a total area of , it has a population density of . The population number had dropped to 31,500 in 2022.