Falla (Chambas)

Falla
(Enrique Varona)
Village
OSM map showing Falla
OSM map showing Falla
Falla (Chambas) is located in Cuba
Falla (Chambas)
Location of Falla in Cuba
Coordinates: 22°10′13.4″N 78°47′14.0″W / 22.170389°N 78.787222°W / 22.170389; -78.787222
Country Cuba
ProvinceCiego de Ávila
MunicipalityChambas
Founded1912
Elevation
40 m (130 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
Area code+53-43

Falla[1] is a Cuban village and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Chambas, in Ciego de Ávila Province.

History

Falla was founded in 1912 as the hacienda Nauyús y Cacarratas, owned by Pepe Planas, a man linked to Falla-Gutiérrez sugar company. After his death (shot by unknown[citation needed]), the Laureano Falla-Gutiérrez Association, which would extend it for the delivery of land made by the President of the Republic, Alfredo Zayas, was in charge of the hacienda. The concession of the latifundium extended the sugarcane monoculture in the area and, with it, the development of the current urban settlement.

Geography

Located on a rural plain, southwest of Laguna de Leche (9 km far) and south of the Bay of Buena Vista (28 km from Punta San Juan), Falla spans across the state highway "Circuito Norte" and the railway. The western old settlement develops around the sugar factory, the eastern new area grows mainly to the north of the train station.[2]

The village is 15 km from Tamarindo, 17 from Chambas, 18 from Morón, 24 from Ciro Redondo, 28 from Florencia, 41 from Ciego de Ávila and 81 from Cayo Coco. The nearest settlements are the villages El Calvario (6 km west) and Ranchuelo (7 km east).

Economy

The main economic activity is represented by the sugar industry. The sugar refinery "Enrique Varona" (Central Azucarero Enrique Varona Gonzáles), founded in 1915 as Central Adelaida, is a large complex with its own industrial railway line.[3]

Transport

Falla is crossed in the middle by the state highway "Circuito Norte" (CN). It counts a railway station on the Santa Clara-Camajuaní-Morón-Nuevitas line,[4] with local and long-distance trains, connecting the village with Havana as well. Falla station is also the terminus of three minor branch lines: one to Kilo 9 and Punta San Juan (Maxímo Gómez), another (closed) to Chicola (by the Laguna de Leche), and a third one (industrial) to Ciro Redondo, on the Morón-Ciego de Ávila line. This one serves the sugar refinery "Enrique Varona".

See also

References

  1. ^ Source: Mapa de Carreteras de Cuba (Road map of Cuba). Ediciones GEO, Havana 2011 - ISBN 959-7049-21-X
  2. ^ 1529482956 Falla on OpenStreetMap
  3. ^ (in Spanish) Central Enrique Varona on historiacuba.wordpress.com
  4. ^ 4330198422 Falla railway station on OpenStreetMap
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