Camilo Cienfuegos (Santa Cruz del Norte)

Hershey (officially known as Camilo Cienfuegos)[1][2][3] is a Cuban village and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Santa Cruz del Norte, in Mayabeque Province.

Camilo Cienfuegos

Hershey
Village
Hershey railway station
OSM map of Hershey
Location of Hershey in Cuba
Coordinates: 23°07′45″N 81°56′31″W
Country Cuba
ProvinceMayabeque
MunicipalitySanta Cruz del Norte
Founded1916
Elevation
113 m (371 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)

History

Built by Milton Hershey in 1916 as a company town with a large sugar mill (Central azucarero),[1] it was renamed after the Cuban Revolution in honor of Camilo Cienfuegos.[4] The mill (Central Hershey, also renamed Central Camilo Cienfuegos) was closed in 2002, maintaining much of its technical facilities.[1]

Geography

Hershey, located between the cities of Havana and Matanzas, is 3 km from Santa Cruz del Norte and the Atlantic coast. Other nearby villages are La Sierra, Jibacoa, San Antonio del Río Blanco and Loma de Travieso.

The village has a station on the main line of the Hershey Electric Railway, with a branch to Jaruco, and is 5 km from the "Vía Blanca" highway, that connects Havana to Varadero.

See also

References
  1. (in Spanish) Central Camilo Cienfuegos on EcuRed
  2. Mapa de Carreteras de Cuba (Road map of Cuba). Ediciones GEO, Havana 2011 - ISBN 959-7049-21-X
  3. 3647876021 Camilo Cienfuegos (Hershey) on OpenStreetMap
  4. Miroff, Nick (5 May 2015). "The Cuban town Mr. Hershey built". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

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