El Santo (Cuba)

El Santo is a ward (consejo popular) in Encrucijada, Cuba.

El Santo
Ward
El Santo (red) in Encrucijada (orange) in Villa Clara (yellow)
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Coordinates: 22°42′31″N 79°41′07″W
Country	Cuba
Province	Villa Clara
Municipality	Encrucijada
Area [1]
• Total	1.144 km2 (0.442 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	2,787
• Density	2,400/km2 (6,300/sq mi)

Geography

Towns inside of the ward include:

• Arroyo Naranjo

Environmental issues

El Santo is near the Sagua la Chica River, which has a possible chance to flood, making danger to people who live in the wards of La Sierra and El Santo. In case this happens, there are 21 evacuation centers which are always stocked up with food.^[2]

In 2018, a flood from the Sagua la Chica River happened. Vega Redonda, Pavón, El Santo, Siete Pazos and others had a total of a thousand people evacuated, according to Eduardo Monteagudo, President of Encrucijada and Alberto López Díaz, President of Villa Clara Province, making it the most affected towns in Villa Clara.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

In 2012, there was another flood in El Santo and Jibacoa, these are a result of the dams on La Quinta Lake and Minerva Lake. Tierra Fría and Embarcadero, close to El Santo, were the most threatened by flooding.^[8]

History

El Santo was a former barrio of Encrucijada.^{[9][10][11][12][13]}

Culture

The absent Santeño (El Santeño ausente) was a holiday celebrated from 1952 to 1959 in El Santo, later reformed in 1979. Activities that are done out are the pilgrimage to the tomb of the veterans of the Cuban War of Independence, homage to the old masters, events on the Sagua la Chica River, popular dances, congas outings, fireworks, and offering foods and drinks. The Parrandas are also celebrated in El Santo.^[14]

References

1. "El Santo (Encrucijada, Provinz Villa Clara, Kuba) - Einwohnerzahlen, Grafiken, Karte, Lage, Wetter und Web-Informationen". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
2. "Encrucijada sigue de cerca los efectos de Ian". Telecubanacán (in Spanish). 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
3. "Protegidas personas y bienes ante intensas lluvias (+ Fotos)". Granma.cu (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-31.
4. 14ymedio. "Alberto deja graves inundaciones en el centro de Cuba y más de 5.000 evacuados". 14ymedio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. "Evacuados en Villa Clara vecinos del poblado de El Santo". ANC (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
6. "Protegidas personas y bienes ante intensas lluvias (+ Fotos)". Granma.cu (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
7. Noticias, Agencia Cubana de. "Evacuados en Villa Clara vecinos del poblado de El Santo". www.acn.cu (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
8. "Encrucijada". alocubano.wordpress.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
9. Guije.com. "Encrucijada" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-10-09.
10. censo, Cuba Dirección general del (1919). Census of the Republic of Cuba 1919. Maza, Arroyo y Caso, s. en c., printers.
11. Café, Instituto Cubano de Estabilización del (1938). Boletín (in Spanish).
12. censo, Cuba Dirección général del (1920). Estados que comprenden el número de habitantes y electores de la República: según la enumeración practicada en 15 de septiembre de 1919, publicados en edición extraordinaria de la "Gaceta oficial" de 28 de abril de 1920, por acuerdo de la Junta Nacional del Censo de 9 de abril del propro año, y que se reproducen en este folleto en cumplimiento de dicho acuerdo (in Spanish). Imprenta y papeleria de Rambla, Bouza y ca.
13. Censo, Cuba Dirección General del (1945). Republica de Cuba: censo de 1943 (in Spanish). P. Fernandez.
14. EPP. "Villa_Clara - Encrucijada". Villa_Clara (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-04.