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Cienfuegos is a ceety on the soothren coast o Cuba, caipital o Cienfuegos Province. It is locatit aboot 250 km (160 mi) frae Havana, an haes a population o 150,000. The ceety is dubbit La Perla del Sur (Pearl o the Sooth). Cienfuegos literally translates tae "Hunder fires".
Cienfuegos | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Eik-name(s): La Perla del Sur (Pearl o the Sooth) | |
 Location o Cienfuegos in Cuba | |
| Coordinates: 22°08′44″N 80°26′11″W | |
| Kintra |  Cuba |
| Province | Cienfuegos |
| Foondit | 1819[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 333 km2 (129 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 25 m (82 ft) |
| Population (2004)[3] | |
| • Total | 163,824 |
| • Density | 492.0/km2 (1,274/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| Area code(s) | +53-43 |
Near the entrance tae Bahia de Cienfuegos (bahia meanin "bay") is Castillo de Jagua (full name Castillo de Nuestra Señora de los Angeles de Jagua), a fortress erectit in 1745 for pertection against Caribbean pirates.
Cienfuegos, ane o the chief seaports o Cuba, is a centre o the succar tred, as well as coffee an tobacco. While succarcane is the chief crop, local fermers grow coffee.
The dountoun contains 6 biggins frae 1819–50, 327 biggins frae 1851–1900, an 1188 biggins frae the 20t century. Thare is nae ither place in the Caribbean which contains sic a remarkable cluster o Neoclassical structurs.
In 2004, the municipality o Cienfuegos haed a population o 163,824.[3] Wi a tot aurie o 333 km2 (129 sq mi),[2] it haes a population densitie o 492.0/km2 (1,274/sq mi).
| Climate data for Cienfuegos | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 27 (81) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
29 (85) |
31 (87) |
32 (89) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
32 (89) |
31 (88) |
28 (83) |
28 (82) |
30 (86) |
| Average law °C (°F) | 17 (63) |
17 (62) |
18 (64) |
19 (67) |
21 (69) |
22 (71) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (71) |
22 (71) |
19 (67) |
18 (64) |
20 (68) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18 (0.7) |
25 (1) |
33 (1.3) |
46 (1.8) |
120 (4.7) |
150 (6) |
120 (4.8) |
160 (6.3) |
170 (6.8) |
160 (6.3) |
41 (1.6) |
23 (0.9) |
1,066 (42.2) |
| Source: Weatherbase [4] | |||||||||||||
The aurie wis cried the Cacicazgo de Jagua bi the early Spaniards, an wis settled bi indigenous fowk.
The ceety wis settled bi French immigrants frae Bordeaux an Louisiana, led bi Don Louis de Clouet, on 22 Aprile 1819.[1] Its oreeginal name wis Fernardina de Jagua, in honour o Ferdinand VII o Spain. The dounset became a toun (Spaingie: Villa) in 1829, an a ceety in 1880. The ceety wis subsequently namit Cienfuegos, sharin the name wi Cienfuegos, a Captain General in this time, in the island.
Near Cienfuegos wis the scene o a battle on 11 Mey 1898, atween American marines who attemptit tae sever unnerwatter Spaingie communication lines an the Spaingie defenders.
Durin the Cuban Revolution the ceety saw an uprisin against Fulgencio Batista an wis bombed, on 5 September 1957.[5]
| UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Criteria | Cultural: ii, v |
| Reference | 1202 |
| Inscription | 2005 (29th Session) |
In 2005, UNESCO inscribit the Urban Historic Centre o Cienfuegos on the Warld Heritage Leet, citin Cienfuegos as the best extant ensaumple o the 19t-century early Spainyie Enlichtenment implementation in urban plannin.[6]
In 2005, Hurricane Dennis made its seicont landfall near Cienfuegos at aboot 1:00PM AST (17:00 UTC) wi winds o 232 km/h (144 mph), an gusts reachin 285 km/h (177 mph).
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