Ciego de Avila Cuba
Ciego de Avila is the
capital and
principal city of Ciego de Avila
province. This market city was founded in 1840 and has a
population of abut 85,000. Located centrally in the province, it
is surrounded by flat savana where cattle ranching is the main
industry.
The city and provincial name derrives from a forest-fringed savana
called a ciego that was
originally found on the estate of Jacome de Avila, a Spanish land owner
who was granted the land in the mid-1500's. Originally heavily
forested, the land has over the years been cleared for cattle
raising.
Our stop in Ciero de Avila was only a brief one, for a rest and a nice
lunch of rice and beans, chicken and salad at the ICAP Casa de Amistad
(Friendship House). Afterwards, our group split up with half of
the Brigadistas spending the night at the Frienship House while the
rest of us got back on the bus for the reaminder of our trip to
Cameguey.
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