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Cienfuegos ((:sjemˈfweɣos)), 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". ==History== The area where the city lies was identified as ''Cacicazgo de Jagua'' by early Spanish conquistadors. It was originally settled by Taino indigenous people. ''Cacicazgo'' translates from the Taino language as "chiefdom". Cacicazgo de Jagua was therefore the chiefdom of Chief Jagua. The city was later settled by French immigrants from Bordeaux and Louisiana led by Don Louis de Clouet on April 22, 1819. The settlers named the city ''Fernardina de Jagua'' in honor of King Ferdinand VII of Spain. The settlement successively became a town (Spanish: ''villa'') in 1829 and a city in 1880. The city was subsequently named ''Cienfuegos'' after the Captain General of the island at the time with the same name. Many of the streets in old town reflect French origins in their names: Bouyón, D'Clouet, Hourruitiner, Gacel, and Griffo, for instance. Cienfuegos port, despite being one of the latest settlements established during the colonial era, soon grew to be a powerful town due to the fertile fields surrounding it and its position on the trade route between Jamaica and South American cities to the southeast and the hinterland provincial capital of Santa Clara to the northeast. Its advantageous trading location on the historically eponymous Bay of Jagua was used by the Cuban sugar oligarchy when a railroad was built between both cities between 1853 and 1860.〔Santa Clara railway station (Cuba)〕〔https://books.google.ca/books?id=dIgCag5WZI0C&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51&dq=railroad+villa+clara+cienfuegos&source=bl&ots=wyES6mogM0&sig=X6hfbBFFNeQulFDKKIW5ldGXfkg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBmoVChMI1fDh95bHxwIVQhSSCh0gzg-i#v=onepage&q=railroad%20villa%20clara%20cienfuegos&f=false〕 Near Cienfuegos was the scene of a battle during the Spanish–American War on May 11, 1898, between American Marines attempting to sever underwater Spanish communication lines and the Spanish defenders. During the Cuban Revolution, the city saw an uprising against Fulgencio Batista and was bombed in retaliation on September 5, 1957.〔(Castro speech commemorates Moncada assault )〕 In 1969 and 1970, Soviet naval vessels visited the city. This appeared to be in violation of the Kennedy-Khrushchev agreements of 1962. However, there was no notice given by the United States and no confrontation ensued.〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cienfuegos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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