Ranchuelo

Ranchuelo is a town and municipality in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1734 and has a municipal population of 50,708, of which about 15,000 in the town itself.

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Settlement.official_name: Ranchuelo
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Ranchuelo Ayuntamiento.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Town hall
Settlement.image_flag: Flag_of_Ranchuelo.png
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of arms of Ranchuelo.jpeg
Settlement.shield_size: 120x90px
Settlement.image_map: Ranchuelo (Cuban municipal map).png
Settlement.map_caption: Ranchuelo municipality (red) within Villa Clara Province (yellow) and Cuba
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Cuba
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Villa Clara
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1734
Settlement.established_title2: Established
Settlement.established_date2: 1879 (Municipality)
Settlement.area_total_km2: 556

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Area: 556
Elevation: 125
Image: Ranchuelo Ayuntamiento.jpg

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Commons category: Ranchuelo
inception: 1734-00-00

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Ranchuelo is a town and municipality in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1734 and has a municipal population of 50,708, of which about 15,000 in the town itself.

==History== Originally named Boca de Ranchuelo, the settlement was founded by Dionisio Consuegra on October 1, 1734. In 1856 it was linked to the national rail network, and in 1879 gained the municipal status.