Cumanayagua

Cumanayagua is a municipality and city inside the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba. It is located in a valley close to the Guamuhaya Mountains generally these mountains are referred as Escambray Mountains, 23 kilometres east of Cienfuegos, the provincial capital. Cumanayagua changed into inhabited by means of Cuban Taino indigenous people when the Spanish arrived to the island. Though the which means of the call is uncertain, is known it comes from Taino Arawak foundation.

Some scholars trust it way "The place packed with plants of Royal Palms" other agree with it could suggest "The place of Cuma and Anayagua", Cuma become the aboriginal chief ruler of the place, and Anayagua his daughter and inheritor to the chiefdom. The village become mounted with the aid of Spanish and Cuban creole under Colonial instances with a longer name; "San Felipe de Cumanayagua" which it hold till 1878 while it became changed into "Santa Cruz de Cumanayagua", and in the end at the turn of the 20 th century were given its definitive and shorter Taino call it has today.