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Rodas

Caribbean

Rodas is a municipality and town in Cienfuegos Province in central Cuba. It was founded in 1859 under the name Lechuzo, and was renamed Rodas in 1879 in honor of the Spanish colonial official Caballero de Rodas.

Facts
Population
19,212 1
Area (sq km)
552 2
Founding Year
1859 2
Elevation (m)
25 2
Latitude
22.342778 degrees north 2
Longitude
80.555278 degrees west 2
Sources
1. GeoNames: Rodas
GeoNames geonameid 3541999 (Rodas), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Rodas (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1859-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 22.342778, longitude -80.555278
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 25 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 552.0 sq km
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Wikidata: Rodas
Wikidata Q5004, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Rodas (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Caribbean (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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