Alquízar
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Alquízar () is a town and municipality in the Artemisa Province of Cuba.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Alquízar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Alquizar, Cuba (1907-1931).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Alquizar (1907-1931)
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo_de_Alquizar.jpg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x90px
- Settlement.image_map
- Alquízar (Cuban municipal map).png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Alquízar municipality (red) within Artemisa Province (yellow) and Cuba
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Cuba
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Artemisa
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1879
- Settlement.established_title2
- Established
- Settlement.established_date2
- January 1, 1879
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 193
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
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Alquízar () is a town and municipality in the Artemisa Province of Cuba.
==History== The settlement was first mentioned in 1616, as a coffee plantation owned by Don Sancho de Alquízar, who gives the name of the community. In 1826, a garrison was established here, and it was incorporated in 1879.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alquízar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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