Bejucal
Bejucal | |
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Bejucal railway station | |
Bejucal municipality (red) within Mayabeque Province (yellow) and Cuba | |
| Coordinates: 22°55′58″N 82°23′13″W / 22.93278°N 82.38694°W | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Province | Mayabeque |
| Founded | 1874 |
| Area | |
• Total | 120 km2 (50 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 28,205 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (610/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| Area code | +53-7 |
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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 rumored to host a signals intelligence listening station operated by the People's Liberation Army Third Department of the Joint Staff Department.