Carmita
Ward
Luis Arcos Bergnes
the CAI of Luis Arcos Bergnes
the CAI of Luis Arcos Bergnes
Map of Carmita (Red) in Camajuaní (Orange) in Villa Clara (Yellow)
Map of Carmita (Red) in Camajuaní (Orange) in Villa Clara (Yellow)
Carmita
Carmita
Where Carmita is in Cuba
Carmita
Carmita
Luis Arcos Bergnes, Cuba (Villa Clara Province)
Carmita
Carmita
Luis Arcos Bergnes, Cuba (Camajuaní)
Coordinates: 22°30′18″N 79°48′57″W / 22.50500°N 79.81583°W / 22.50500; -79.81583
CountryCuba
ProvinceVilla Clara
MunicipalityCamajuani
Named forLuis Arcos Bergnes (brother of Sebastian Arcos Bergnes)
Government
 • PresidentMartín Sánchez Rodríguez [1] (Non-partisan)
Population
 • Total2,279 [2]

Luis Arcos Bergnes also known as Carmita is a small town and a ward (consejo popular) in Camajuani, Villa Clara, Cuba. With a population of 2,279 it is considered a village.[2]

Nearby towns of Carmita are La Luz, Corona, El Cubano, Romano, La Mano, and Vega Alta.[3]

Geography

Wards of Cuba are a local body of a town and some towns nearby. Towns in Luis Arcos Bergnes’ ward include

Economy

According at the DMPF (Departamento de control de la Dirección Municipal de Planificación Física or Management Control Department Municipal Physical Planning in English) of Camajuani, Luis Arcos Bergnes is a settlement linked to sources of employment or economic development.[5]

In order to make charcoal in Camajuani you need to live in Luis Arcos Bergnes or Taguayabón.[6]

UBPC Máximo Gomez, south of Carmita

UBPC and CCS in the ward include:

  • UBPC Máximo Gómez Báez (La Luz)
  • UBPC Máximo Gómez (South of the village of Luis Arcos Bergnes)
  • CCS Antonio Maceo (La Luz)
  • CCS Salomé Hernandez (Fusté)

History

Map of Barrios of Vueltas in 1909, where you can see the Central Carmita (Carmita Sugar Mill) labeled

Carmita used to be a part of the barrio of Vega Alta, in the former municipality of Vueltas.

The house

Carmita has an abandoned house on the Carretera a Luis Arcos Bergnes, it is said to be the house of Fulgencio Batista, one of his friends, or the house of Gerardo Machado.

Transportation

Train station of Carmita, in the south of the town

Carmita is on a railine 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.[7][8]

Education

Escuela Primaria de Tony Alomá in Fusté

In the ward there are a few schools, these include:[9]

  • Luis A. Bergnes Primary
  • Julio Pino Primary (Crucero Carmita)
  • Delfín Sen Cedré Primary (La Luz)
  • Escuela Tony Alomá (Fuste) [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Batey Carmita, el poblado cubano que pasó de la prosperidad al hambre cuando perdió su central". cubacute.com (in Spanish). 5 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Camajuaní (Municipality, Villa Clara Province, Cuba) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
  3. ↑ "List of Cities near Carmita in Villa Clara, Cuba". www.gomapper.com. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  4. ↑ Zerquera, Idalia Vázquez. "Camajuaní: el empeño de un pueblo por vencer los retos". Vanguardia (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-11.
  5. ↑ Barroso, Joel Jiménez; Figueroa Vidal, Dr. Arq. Carlos. R. "Diagnóstico estratégico de la situación habitacional del municipio de Camajuaní" (PDF). p. 67.
  6. ↑ "Empleo". Portal del Ciudadano en Camajuaní (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  7. ↑ lezumbalaberenjena (2017-11-09), Composed road map from a tour guide (1980's), retrieved 2023-04-12
  8. ↑ "Road guides of Cuba" (PDF). 2019.
  9. ↑ "Portal del Ciudadano en Camajuaní - Educación". www.soycamajuani.gob.cu. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  10. ↑ "El conocimiento de la historia local en los escolares de la escuela primaria Luis Arcos Bergnes" (PDF). University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas. p. 57.


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