Primero de Enero
Municipality in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Primero de Enero is a municipality and town in the Ciego de Ávila Province, Cuba. Originally named Violeta,¿ its name means "1st of January" in Spanish, and is referred to the final day (in 1959) of the Cuban Revolution. It is geographically located in the Northeast of the Province of Ciego de Ávila and has an extension of 712.7 km.
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Primero de Enero
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Coordinates: 21°56′43″N 78°25′8″W | |
Country | Cuba |
Province | Ciego de Ávila |
Area | |
• Municipality | 713 km2 (275 sq mi) |
Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
Population (2022)[2] | |
• Municipality | 22,189 |
• Density | 31/km2 (81/sq mi) |
• Urban | 14,271 |
• Rural | 7,918 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
Area code | +53-43 |
Website | https://www.primerodeenero.gob.cu/es/ |
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It was founded in 1918, as a sugar mill, named Violeta, and renamed with its current name after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution on January 1, 1959.