Palmira is a municipality and city in the Cienfuegos Province

Cienfuegos Province

Cienfuegos is one of the provinces of Cuba. The capital city of the province is also called Cienfuegos and was founded by French settlers in 1819....

 of Cuba

Cuba

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It was founded in 1879 under the name Las Casas. The name was changed to Palmira and the community was incorporated in 1940.
The municipality is divided into the barrio

Barrio

Barrio is a Spanish word meaning district or neighborhood.-Usage:In its formal usage in English, barrios are generally considered cohesive places, sharing, for example, a church and traditions such as feast days...

s of Primero, Segundo, Arango y Escarza.

The thermal water resort of Ciego Montero and the homonymous bottled water plant are located in the municipality, 12 km (7.5 mi) form the town of Palmira.

Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of Palmira had a population of 33,153. With a total area of 318 km² (122.8 sq mi), it has a population density of 104.3 /km2.