Rodas
Sign in to saveRodas () is a municipality and town in the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1859 under the name of Lechuzo. In 1879 it was renamed Rodas in honour of capitán general Caballero de Rodas.
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Place details
- Locality
- Rodas
- Region
- Cienfuegos Province
- Country
- Cuba
- Population
- 19,212
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Rodas
- Settlement.other_name
- Rose
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo Rodas .jpg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x90px
- Settlement.image_map
- Rodas (Cuban municipal map).png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Rodas 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_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
Key dates
- Inception
- 1859
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Cuba
- Country
- Cuba
- Located in
- Cienfuegos Province
- Area
- +552
- Elevation
- +25
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Rodas () is a municipality and town in the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1859 under the name of Lechuzo. In 1879 it was renamed Rodas in honour of capitán general Caballero de Rodas.
==Geography== The municipality is divided into the barrios and villages of Cabecera (the town proper), Ariza, Cartagena, Congojas, Jabacoa, La Unión, Limones, Medidas, Santiago, Soledad and Turquino. Until the 1977 administrative reform, the village of Arriete-Ciego Montero, currently in the municipality of Palmira, was part of it.