Bejucal

Bejucal is a municipality and town in the Mayabeque Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1713. It is well known as the terminal station of the first railroad built in Cuba and Latin America in 1837. It also hosts one of the most popular and traditional carnival fest in Cuba: "Charangas de Bejucal". Bejucal has also been known as a telecommunications site, hosting broadcasts of several news and media networks. It hosted Soviet nuclear warheads during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Bejucal is also believed to host a signals intelligence listening station operated by the People's Liberation Army.

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Settlement.official_name: Bejucal
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Ferroc Bejucal2.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Bejucal railway station
Settlement.image_shield: Shield_of_Bejucal.jpg
Settlement.shield_size: 120x90px
Settlement.image_map: Bejucal (Cuban municipal map).png
Settlement.map_caption: Bejucal municipality (red) within Mayabeque Province (yellow) and Cuba
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Cuba
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Mayabeque
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1874
Settlement.area_total_km2: 120
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022
Settlement.population_total: 28,205
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Area: 120
Elevation: 105
Image: Ferroc Bejucal2.jpg

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Notable residents
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==Geography== The municipality borders to the north with Boyeros (a municipal borough of Havana); to the east with San José de las Lajas; to the south with Quivicán; and on the west with San Antonio de los Baños.