Las Tunas
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Coordinates: 20 ° 58 ′ N , 76 ° 57 ′ W
Las Tunas on the map of Cuba
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Cuba |
| province | Las Tunas |
| City foundation | 1866 |
| Residents | 202,105 (2012) |
| Detailed data | |
| surface | 891 km 2 |
| Population density | 222.4 inhabitants / km 2 |
| height | 90 m |
| prefix | + 53-31 |
| Time zone | UTC -5 |
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Victoria de Las Tunas or shortly Las Tunas is a Cuban town and municipality in the east of the country. It is the capital of the province of the same name and has 202,105 inhabitants (2012 census). The city of Las Tunas was founded in 1759 . It is known as the “capital of sculpture ” because around 70 monumental works are exhibited on its 600 km² area.
local community
The municipality of Las Tunas with its 895.34 km² is the third largest in the province with 13.6% and the 34th largest in Cuba. In terms of population, it is the most densely populated province with 198,361 inhabitants. In addition to the town of Las Tunas, in the municipality there are the settlements of Bartle, Cuatro Caminos
Border communities are in the north: Manatí and Puerto Padre, in the east: Majibacoa, in the south: Jobabo and Río Cauto (Granma), in the west: Jobabo and Guáimaro (Camagüey).
traffic
Due to its strategic position at the entrance to the east of Cuba, Las Tunas is crossed by the highway and the central railway and the main roads of the country. The city is also an important road link that connects it with the other municipalities in the province.
Hermanos Ameijeiras Airport (IATA code: VTU, ICAO code: MUVT), managed by ECASA, is located 4 kilometers from the city in a north-westerly direction. It has regular flights to Havana.
Legends and sagas
The white horse or the headless Indian
The strange legend of the white horse, which comes out at midnight and is always led by a headless Indian, comes from colonial times. This phenomenon is a harbinger of a tragedy in the population. A mural on one of the interior walls of the Hotel "Tunas" reflects this story.
The spirit of Ahogapollos (river)
It started on a dark night with the threat of heavy rain. A woman alone in her house noticed a small red light on the bank of the Ahogapollos River. She was sure it must be the ghost of a tormented soul. The oscillating light frightened the woman, who fearfully locked herself in her home to wait for her husband. When he got home she told him everything and added the things the panic made her see.
The next morning, after a night of insomnia and horror, the husband and wife were busy getting the news to all of the neighbors' houses and more than one, without seeing anything for sure, said he had seen lights that too rose to heaven from the nearby cemetery. The mysterious light continued to appear on dark nights, always in the same place and place. This popular fantasy made light something extraordinary.
The terror had seized the neighbors, the most superstitious locked themselves in their houses when it was dark. It is said that even today, even on the darkest nights, lights are seen from time to time when crossing the small bridges over the Ahogapollos River.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Juan Morales Aguero: Una leyenda al galope. In: Juventud Rebelde . October 13, 2010, accessed October 3, 2018 (Spanish).
- ↑ a b Las leyendas de Las Tunas. In: Viajes a Cuba. March 16, 2011, accessed October 3, 2018 (Spanish).
- ↑ El fantasma de Ahoga-pollos. In: Cubamía. January 13, 2011, accessed October 3, 2018 (Spanish).
