Bejucal (Cuba)
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Name (Hebrew)
בחוקל (קובה)
Name (Latin)
Bejucal (Cuba)
Other forms of name
San Felipe y Santiago del Bejucal (Cuba)
Coordinates
-82.38694444 -82.38694444 22.93277778 22.93277778 (gooearth )
W0822319 W0822319 N0225543 N0225543 (geonames )
Associated country
Cuba
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Apuntes para la historia de la ciudad de San Felipe y Santiago del Bejucal, 2010:p. 7 (simply called Bejucal; La Habana province)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 22°55ʹ43ʺN 082°23ʹ19ʺW)
- WWW, GeoNet, 06-27-01:(BGN gaz. of Cuba, 1996: Bejucal, PPL., 22°554ʹ3N̋, 82°231ʹ9W̋)
- Wikipedia, Nov. 9, 2011:(San Felipe y Santiago de Bejucal, or simply, Bejucal in the Mayabeque province; until 2010 belonged to La Habana province)
- De la mágica cubanía, 2000:t.p. (Bejucal)
- WWW, GeoNet, 06-27-01:(BGN gaz. of Cuba, 1996: Bejucal, PPL., 22p0s554́3N̋, 82p0s231́9W̋)
Wikipedia description:
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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