Boca de Jaruco
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Boca de Jaruco is a small fishing village in the Mayabeque
of Cuba
.
It is located in the municipality of Santa Cruz del Norte
, at the mouth of the Rio Jaruco, on the Straits of Florida
.
An extensive oil field
was developed west of the village; hundreds of wells
were drilled in the 1970s and 1980s by the Cuban national oil company (Cupet) in cooperation with Soviet Union
technicians. The oil pumps (many no longer operational) can be seen on either side of the Via Blanca
highway as it passes through Boca de Jaruco.
Mayabeque
Mayabeque can refer to several places in Cuba:* Mayabeque Province, created in 2011, comprising the eastern half of the former Havana Province* Playa Mayabeque * Mayabeque River...
of Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
.
It is located in the municipality of Santa Cruz del Norte
Santa Cruz del Norte
Santa Cruz del Norte is a municipality in the Mayabeque Province of Cuba. Before 2011 belonged to [La Habana Province]. It is located in the north shore, between the cities of Havana and Matanzas, at the mouth of the Santa Cruz River....
, at the mouth of the Rio Jaruco, on the Straits of Florida
Straits of Florida
The Straits of Florida, Florida Straits, or Florida Strait is a strait located south-southeast of the North American mainland, generally accepted to be between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, and between the Florida Keys and Cuba. The strait carries the Florida Current, the beginning of...
.
Oil field
An oil field is a region with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum from below ground. Because the oil reservoirs typically extend over a large area, possibly several hundred kilometres across, full exploitation entails multiple wells scattered across the area...
was developed west of the village; hundreds of wells
Oil well
An oil well is a general term for any boring through the earth's surface that is designed to find and acquire petroleum oil hydrocarbons. Usually some natural gas is produced along with the oil. A well that is designed to produce mainly or only gas may be termed a gas well.-History:The earliest...
were drilled in the 1970s and 1980s by the Cuban national oil company (Cupet) in cooperation with Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
technicians. The oil pumps (many no longer operational) can be seen on either side of the Via Blanca
Via Blanca (Cuba)
Via Blanca is a highway in northern Cuba, connecting the capital city of Havana and the city of Matanzas. A second section extends eastwards from Matanzas to the tourist town of Varadero.It is mostly a four lane highway, with some divided sections...
highway as it passes through Boca de Jaruco.
External links
- Historic webpage about the village (Spanish)