Constancia (Encrucijada)

Constancia
Ward
Abel Santamaria
Constancia (1898)
Map of Abel Santamaría (red) in Encrucijada (orange) in Villa Clara (yellow)
Constancia
Constancia
Constancia
Coordinates: 22°35′33″N 79°51′24″W / 22.59250°N 79.85667°W / 22.59250; -79.85667
CountryCuba
ProvinceVilla Clara Province
MunicipalityEncrucijada
Founded1867
Named afterAbel Santamaría
Government
  PresidentCelina Margarita Ruiz Rodríguez (Independent politician)
Area
  Ward
67 km2 (26 sq mi)
  Urban
0.75 km2 (0.29 sq mi)
  Rural
66.25 km2 (25.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
  Ward
2,810
  Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
  Urban
1,460
  Rural
1,350

Abel Santamaria also known as Constancia and is a ward (consejo popular) and a town in Encrucijada, Villa Clara Province, Cuba. It’s the birthplace of Abel Santamaría, a Cuban revolutionary that fought for the 26th of July Movement and his sister Haydée Santamaría.