page_title: Palmira, Cuba
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Palmira, Cuba / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: View of the town's church and its tower in the central square of Palmira (Cienfuegos Province, Cuba).
context_page_description: Palmira is a municipality and town in the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba. The town proper has a population of circa 14,000, the whole municipality 33,153.
context_section_description: Located in the middle of its province, Palmira is 12 km far from Cienfuegos, 16 from Cruces, and 52 from Santa Clara. It is bordered by the municipalities of Rodas, Lajas, Cruces, Cumanayagua and Cienfuegos.
  In 1943 the municipality was divided into the barrios of Primero, Segundo, Arango y Escarza. After the national municipal reform of 1976, it counts 6 consejos populares: Palmira Sur and Palmira Norte for the town, and the villages of Arriete-Ciego Montero, Espartaco, Elpidio Gómez and San Fernando de Camarones.
  The thermal water resort of Arriete-Ciego Montero, 12 km (7.5 mi) form the town of Palmira, is also famous for the bottled water plant named "Ciego Montero".
caption: Town's church
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