Ranchuelo
Sign in to saveRanchuelo is a town and municipality in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1734 and has a municipal population of 50,708, of which about 15,000 in the town itself.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Ranchuelo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ranchuelo Ayuntamiento.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Town hall
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag_of_Ranchuelo.png
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Ranchuelo.jpeg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x90px
- Settlement.image_map
- Ranchuelo (Cuban municipal map).png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Ranchuelo municipality (red) within Villa Clara Province (yellow) and Cuba
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Cuba
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Villa Clara
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1734
- Settlement.established_title2
- Established
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1879 (Municipality)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 556
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Ranchuelo is a town and municipality in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1734 and has a municipal population of 50,708, of which about 15,000 in the town itself.
==History== Originally named Boca de Ranchuelo, the settlement was founded by Dionisio Consuegra on October 1, 1734. In 1856 it was linked to the national rail network, and in 1879 gained the municipal status.