El Gigante
in Provincia de Villa Clara, Cuba
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Abel Santamaria Airport (5 mi) - Jaime Gonzalez Airport (37 mi)
- Alberto Delgado Airport (44 mi)
- Sancti Spiritus Airport (44 mi)
- Las Brujas Airport (51 mi)
- Mayajigua Airport (57 mi)
- Colón Airport (67 mi)
- Maximo Gomez Airport (78 mi)
- Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport (105 mi)
- José Martí International Airport (163 mi)
- Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos (Unesco heritage, 31 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 22.426 and -79.923 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 22° 25' 35" and W -79° 55' 24"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Peso - CUP
- Spoken languages:
- Spanish
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 09:00 AM (Friday)
- Timezone: America/Havana
- UTC/GMT offset: -5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:49 am and 7:44 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -12.116 and 96.895 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Bantam Village - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Cuba.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Cuba. Last Update: 2024-04-26 08:02:42
Delve into El Gigante
El Gigante in Provincia de Villa Clara is located in Cuba about 164 mi (or 264 km) east of Havana, the country's capital town.
Current time in El Gigante is now 09:00 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named America / Havana with an UTC offset of -4 hours. We know of 10 airports close to El Gigante, of which two are larger airports. The closest airport in Cuba is Abel Santamaria Airport in a distance of 5 mi (or 8 km), North. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos in a distance of 31 mi (or 50 km), South-East. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Santa Clara, Encrucijada, Camajuani, Manicaragua and Placetas. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 30°C / 87 °F
| Morning Temperature | 21°C / 70 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 25°C / 77 °F |
| Night Temperature | 20°C / 68 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 34% |
| Air Pressure | 1017 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 12 km/h (7 mph) from South-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Friday, 26th of April 2024
29°C (85 °F)
23°C (73 °F)
Broken clouds, fresh breeze.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
28°C (83 °F)
22°C (72 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
31°C (88 °F)
24°C (75 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, scattered clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
La Granjita
Villa Los Caneyes
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Parque Vidal
Parque Vidal is a park located in the center of Santa Clara Cuba that covers an entire square block. In the middle of it, the Glorieta (gazebo) erected in 1911 still serves for public concerts. The entire surrounding elements conformed by eclectic, neo classic and colonial buildings as well as the many monuments erected during different historic periods elevated the Park to a category of National Monument in a ceremony in 1998.
Estadio Augusto César Sandino
Estadio Augusto César Sandino is a multi-use stadium in Santa Clara, Cuba. It is currently used mostly for baseball games and is the home stadium of Villa Clara Naranjas. The stadium holds 20,000 people. The stadium's namesake is Nicaraguan revolutionary Augusto César Sandino.
Battle of Santa Clara
The Battle of Santa Clara was a series of events in late December 1958 that led to the capture of the Cuban city of Santa Clara by revolutionaries under the command of Che Guevara. The battle was a decisive victory for the rebels fighting against the regime of General Fulgencio Batista: within 12 hours of the city's capture Batista fled Cuba and Fidel Castro's forces claimed overall victory. It features prominently on the back of the three convertible peso bill.
Santa Clara railway station (Cuba)
Santa Clara is the main railway station of the city of Santa Clara, seat of Villa Clara Province, Cuba. It is owned by the state company Ferrocarriles de Cuba (FFCC) and is located in front of Parque de los Mártires (Martyrs Park).
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
El Gigante
