Calabazar de Sagua

{{distinguish|Calabazar}} {{Infobox settlement  |official_name = Calabazar de Sagua |other_name = Calabazar |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |motto =  |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = Shield of Calabazar de Sagua.png |shield_size = |city_logo = |citylogo_size = |image_map = Villa_Clara_Map_-_Calabazar_de_Sagua_(Encrucijada).png |mapsize = 280px |map_caption = Calabazar de Sagua (red) in Encrucijada (orange) in Villa Clara (yellow) |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Cuba#Villa Clara Province#Cuba Encrucijada |pushpin_label_position = none |pushpin_map_caption = Location of Calabazar de Sagua in Cuba |pushpin_mapsize = 280  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Cuba |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Villa Clara |subdivision_type2 = Municipality |subdivision_name2 = Encrucijada |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 =  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = President <ref>{{Cite web |last=Leiva |first=Rosa Carmina Vilorio |date=2014-11-10 |title=Procedimiento para impulsar el Desarrollo Local del municipio de Encrucijada. Cuba |url=https://www.monografias.com/trabajos102/procedimiento-impulsar-desarrollo-local-del-municipio-encrucijada/procedimiento-impulsar-desarrollo-local-del-municipio-encrucijada |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=Monografias.com |language=es}}</ref> |leader_name = Abel Bello Brito |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = Founded |established_date = 1865 |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |established_title3 =  |established_date3 =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 =  |area_water_km2 = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 =  |population_as_of = 2011 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 7,912 |population_density_km2 = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 =  |timezone = EST |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|22|38|46.1|N|79|53|43.6|W|region:CU|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes =  |elevation_m = 5  |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = +53-422 |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Calabazar de Sagua''', also shortened as '''Calabazar''', is a Cuban village and ''consejo popular'' ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Encrucijada, in Villa Clara Province, Cuba. In 2011 it had a population of 7,912.

==History== Founded in 1865, it was part of the neighboring municipality of Sagua la Grande until the 1977 administrative reform.<ref>[http://www.guije.com/pueblo/municipios/vsagua/index.htm Sagua la Grande on guije.com]</ref>

==Geography== Located on a rural plain in the middle of its province, Calabazar lies between Encrucijada (4.5 km southeast), El Purio (4 km northeast) and Mata (4.5&km southwest). It is 17 km from Cifuentes, 30 to Vueltas, 32 to Santa Clara, 37 to Sagua la Grande, 40 to Camajuaní, 50 to Remedios and 58 to Placetas and Caibarién.<ref>{{OSM|n|1546016813|Calabazar de Sagua}}</ref> In the center of the town there is the Parque Marti (Park Marti), it includes a statue of José Martí and a quote by him. <ref>{{Citation |last=lezumbalaberenjena |title=Quick photos from the car in Calabazar de Sagua {{!}} Fotos de Calabazar de Sagua desde el carro, parque Martí |date=2021-12-12 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/lezumbalaberenjena/51781295283/ |access-date=2023-07-03}}</ref>

==Transport== The village is crossed in the middle by the "Circuito Norte" (CN) state highway, the 2nd longest one in the island. It counts a train station, Calabazar-Mata, located in the nearby village of Mata, on the Camajuaní-Encrucijada-Cifuentes (to Sagua) branch line.

On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 5:00am buses go to Santa Clara. From Sunday to Friday at 6:30pm and 8:15pm they also go to Santa Clara. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Provincial |first=Equipo de Producción |title=Portal del Ciudadano Somos Encrucijada - Transportación |url=https://www.somosencrucijada.gob.cu/transporte |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Portal del Ciudadano Somos Encrucijada |language=es-es}}</ref>

== Education == Schools in Calabazar include: <ref>{{Cite web |title=Portal del Ciudadano Somos Encrucijada - Educación |url=https://www.somosencrucijada.gob.cu/educacion/amp |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=www.somosencrucijada.gob.cu}}</ref>

* José Martí Primary School * Antonio Maceo Primary School * Neptalí Martínez CM * José Manuel Fuertes Jiménez Special School * Antonio Guiteras CEA

==Notable people== *Onelio Jorge Cardoso (1914–1986), writer *Ana María Mari Machado (born 1963) politician and judge

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Calabazar de Sagua}} *[https://www.accuweather.com/en/cu/calabazar-de-sagua/121311/weather-forecast/121311 Calabazar de Sagua Weather] on accuweather.com

Category:Populated places in Villa Clara Province Category:Populated places established in 1865 Category:Sagua la Grande Category:1865 establishments in North America Category:1865 establishments in the Spanish Empire Category:Wards of Cuba