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Cienfuegos , capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba. It is located about from Havana and has a population of 150,000. The city is dubbed La Perla del Sur (Pearl of the South). Cienfuegos literally translates to "one hundred fires"—cien meaning "one hundred", fuegos meaning "fires".
Cienfuegos is a city on the southern coast of Cuba.
Cienfuegos may also refer to:
- Cienfuegos Province, the province in which the city of Cienfuegos is located
- Bahia de Cienfuegos, the Bay of Cienfuegos
- Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
- Battle of Cienfuegos, a minor engagement of the Spanish–American War
- Cienfuegos press, an Anarchist publishing house
- Cienfuegos, Villa Clara, a village in Cuba
- Camilo Cienfuegos (Santa Cruz del Norte), a village in Cuba
Cienfuegos is a baseball team in the Cuban National Series. Based in the southern city of Cienfuegos, the Camaroneros had their best season in their second year of existence, finishing fourth in the National Series. They have never come close to replicating that success.
The Camaroneros had two pitchers on Cuba's team at the 2006 World Baseball Classic: Adiel Palma and Yosvany Pérez.
The Petroleros de Cienfuegos (Cienfuegos Oilers) first participated in the Cuban Professional League championship during the 1926-27 season. Although representing the south coast city of Cienfuegos, the team played their home games in Havana. Cienfuegos did not play in the 1927-28 season, contending again from 1928-29 through 1930-31. After eight long years of absence, Cienfuegos reappeared in the 1939-40 tournament. In the 1949-50 season, the team was renamed as the Elefantes de Cienfuegos (Cienfuegos Elephants). "The pace of the elephant is slow but crushing", exclaimed the slogan of the Cienfuegos franchise that contended until the 1960-61 season. Following the 1959 Cuban Revolution, political tensions rose with the Fidel Castro government. In March 1961, one month after the regular season ended, the new Cuban regime decreed the abolition of professional baseball in Cuba.
In 26 Championships in which Cienfuegos participated, the team won five league titles in 1929-30, 1945–46, 1955–56, 1959–60 and 1960–61, ending second 6 times, third 7 times, and fourth 8 times, posting a 732-793 record for a .480 average. Cienfuegos also won the Caribbean Series championship in 1956 and 1960.
Some notable Cienfuegos players include George Altman, José Azcue, Gene Bearden, Cool Papa Bell, Bob Boyd, Leo Cárdenas, Sandalio Consuegra, Martín Dihigo, Tony González, Adolfo Luque, Sal Maglie, Seth Morehead, Ray Noble, Alejandro Oms, Camilo Pascual, Pedro Ramos, Cookie Rojas, Napoleón Reyes, and Willie Wells.
Cienfuegos is one of thirteen parishes (administrative divisions) in Quirós, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of the Principality of Asturias, in northern Spain. The population is 81 (2010).