San Antonio de las Vueltas


San Antonio de las Vueltas, also known as Vueltas, is a village and consejo popular in central northern Cuba, belonging to the municipality of Camajuaní, Villa Clara Province. With a population of 13,805 it is the most populated village in the municipality after Camajuaní.

History

Until the 1976 reform it was a municipality and contained the barrios of Aguada de Moya, Bosque, Cabecera, Charco Hondo, Piedras, Quinta, Sagua la Chica, Taguayabón, Vega Alta and Vega de Palma.

Geography

The territory is rugged, with the exception of the coast, which is low and muddy. Hills such as Mogote Colorada and Palenque dot the landscape and the Sagua la Chica River and Manacas River flow through the municipality.

Transport

Vueltas is crossed in the middle by the state highway "Circuito Norte", and has a railway station, in the nearby village of Vega de Palma, on the line Santa Clara-Camajuaní-Remedios-Caibarién.

Personalities

The First Vice President of Cuba, José Ramón Machado Ventura was born in the town in 1930.