Cumanayagua
Sign in to saveCumanayagua () is a municipality and town in the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba. It is located in a valley near the Guamuhaya Mountains (usually these mountains are referred as Escambray Mountains, east of Cienfuegos, the provincial capital.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Cumanayagua
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Cumanayagua, Cienfuegos, Cuba.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- A road in the town centre
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera de Cumanayagua, Cuba.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Shield of Cumanayagua.jpg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x90px
- Settlement.image_map
- Cumanayagua (Cuban municipal map).png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Cumanayagua municipality (red) within Cienfuegos Province (yellow) and Cuba
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Cuba
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cienfuegos
- Settlement.established_title2
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1804
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1099
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 47,118
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Cumanayagua () is a municipality and town in the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba. It is located in a valley near the Guamuhaya Mountains (usually these mountains are referred as Escambray Mountains, east of Cienfuegos, the provincial capital.
==History== thumb|left|A road in town's centre Cumanayagua was inhabited by Cuban Taíno indigenous people when the Spanish arrived to the island. Though the meaning of the name is uncertain, is known it comes from Taino Arawak origin. Some scholars believe it means "The place filled with flowers of Royal Palms" other believe it could mean "The place of Cuma and Anayagua", Cuma was the aboriginal chief ruler of the region, and Anayagua his daughter and heir to the chiefdom.