Vázquez (Puerto Padre)


Vázquez is a Cuban village and consejo popular of the municipality of Puerto Padre, in Las Tunas Province. In 2011 it had a population of around 13,600.

History

The village was founded in 1884, and was named after two brothers who build the first finca.

Geography

Located on a plain between Puerto Padre ; Manatí and Las Tunas, Vázquez is s rural town surrounded by the villages of Yarey de Vázquez, Aguada de Vázquez and Gayol, with whom it forms a small urban area of about 20,000 inhabitants. It is 23 km from Delicias, 31 from Jesús Menéndez and 34 from Calixto.

Transport

The village is served by a railway station on Las Tunas-Puerto Padre line, is crossed in the middle by the highway 6-123 Las Tunas-Puerto Padre, and is 7 km south of the state highway "Circuito Norte".

Health

The village has a general hospital named "Policlínico Docente 28 de Septiembre", opened in 1989.