Encrucijada

Encrucijada is a municipality and town in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1850 and established as a municipality in 1910.

History
The municipality was divided into the barrios of Centro, Paso Real, El Santo and Vega Redonda. After the 1977 administrative reform, Calabazar de Sagua, part of Sagua la Grande, became part of it.

Geography
The municipality borders with Sagua la Grande, Cifuentes, Santa Clara and Camajuaní.

The Municipality has the Consejos populares (wards) of:
 * Encrucijada Norte (North Encrucijada in English)
 * Encrucijada Sur (South Encrucijada in English)
 * Abel Santamaría
 * Dos Hermanas
 * La Sierra
 * Calabazar de Sagua
 * El Purio
 * El Santo
 * Emilio Córdova

Transportation
Encrucijada is on a railine starting in Santa Clara, going to Crucero Margot, to Luis Arcos Bergnes, Vega Alta, Canoa, Tuinicu, Constancia, Encrucijada, Mata, El Vaquerito, Aguada la Piedra, Cifuentes, San Diego del Valle, Conyedo, and finally back to Santa Clara.

Demographics
In 2004, the municipality of Encrucijada had a population of 33,641. With a total area of 345 km2, it has a population density of 97.5 /km2. The population number had dropped to 31,500 in 2022.

Notable people

 * Onelio Jorge Cardoso (1914-1986), writer, born in Calabazar
 * Jesús Menéndez Larrondo (1911-1948), trade unionist and politician
 * Abel Santamaría Cuadrado (1927-1953), revolutionary, born in Constancia
 * Haydée Santamaría Cuadrado (1922-1980), revolutionary, born in Constancia