Constancia (Encrucijada)

Abel Santamaria also known as Constancia and is a ward and an Urban Settlement in Encrucijada, Villa Clara Province, Cuba.

Geography

Towns in Abel Santamaría’s ward are:

Canoa
Tuinicú
Paso Real
Raizúa
Castaño
Las Mercedes
Progreso
Cayo Hueso
Guadalupe
Congojas

Abel Santamaria is south of La Sierra and El Purio. It is north of Santa Clara Municipality. To the east is the Sagua la Chica River and its west is Encrucijada Sur.

Education

Schools in Constancia include:

Boris Luis Santa Coloma Primary School
CI Sueños de Abel
Mariana Grajales Rural Primary School
Augusto César Sandino Rural Primary School
Roberto Rodríguez Rural Primary School
Jesús Menéndez Rural Primary School
Marcelo Salado Rural Primary School

Transportation

Constancia is on the Ingenio Constantia Railway to Cayo Hueso, and which links it to the railway that starts in Santa Clara, going to Crucero Margot, to Luis Arcos Bergnes, Vega Alta, Canoa, Tuinicu, Constancia, Encrucijada, Mata, El Vaquerito, Aguada la Piedra, Cifuentes, San Diego del Valle, Conyedo, and finally back to Santa Clara.

Arts

Landmarks

In Abel Santamaria there are monuments including:

a Spanish Fort
Bust of