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'Camagüey' (founded as 'Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe' around 1515) is a city in central Cuba and is the nation's third largest city. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province.
The city has a population of about 294,000.^[1]

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Culture

Important people

Infrastructure

Street layout

Airports

Photo gallery

Sister cities

References

External links

Culture

The symbol of the city of Camagüey is the clay pot or ''tinajón'', used to capture rain water to be used later, keeping it fresh. Clay pots are literally everywhere, some as small as a hand, some large enough for to people to stand up in, either as monuments or for real use. Local legend has it that if you drink water from a tinajón, you will fall in love with the city and always return.

Important people

Camagüey is the birthplace of Ignacio Agramonte (1841), an important figure of the Ten Years' War against Spain in 1868–1878. Agramonte drafted the first Cuban Constitution in 1869, and later, as a Major General, formed the fearsome Camagüey cavalry corps that had the Spaniards on the run. He died in combat in May 11, 1873; his body was burned in the city because the Spanish feared the rebels would attack the city to recover his body.
The outline of Ignacio Agramonte's horseback statue in the Park that bears his name is a symbol of Camagüey. It was set there in 1911, uncovered by his widow, Amalia Simoni.
The Plaza of the Revolution features a bronze Agramonte standing followed by his troops.
The city is also the birthplace of the Cuban national poet Nicolás Guillén.

Infrastructure

Street layout

The old city layout resembles a real maze, with narrow, short streets always turning in a direction or another. After Henry Morgan burned the city in the 17th century, it was designed like a maze so attackers would find it hard to move around inside the city.

Airports

Camagüey has its own international airport, Ignacio Agramonte International Airport. Most tourists going or leaving Santa Lucía do so through the airport.

Photo gallery

Sister cities

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

References

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External links

★ Camagüey Web portal

★ Municipality of Camagüey Website

★ Links to sites offering casa particular in Camaguey