Camilo Cienfuegos (Santa Cruz del Norte)

Camilo Cienfuegos Hershey
Village
Hershey railway station
OSM map of Hershey
Location of Hershey in Cuba
Coordinates: 23°07′45″N 81°56′31″W / 23.12917°N 81.94194°W / 23.12917; -81.94194Coordinates: 23°07′45″N 81°56′31″W / 23.12917°N 81.94194°W / 23.12917; -81.94194
Country	Cuba
Province	Mayabeque
Municipality	Santa Cruz del Norte
Founded	1916
Elevation	113 m (371 ft)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)

Hershey (officially known as Camilo Cienfuegos) is a Cuban village and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Santa Cruz del Norte, in Mayabeque Province.

Built by Milton Hershey in 1916 as a company town with a large sugar mill (Central azucarero), it was renamed after the Cuban Revolution in honor of Camilo Cienfuegos. The mill (Central Hershey, also renamed Central Camilo Cienfuegos) was closed in 2002, maintaining much of its technical facilities.

Hershey, located between the cities of Havana and Matanzas, is 3 km far from Santa Cruz del Norte and the Atlantic coast. Other nearby villages are La Sierra, Jibacoa, San Antonio del Río Blanco and Loma de Travieso.

The village has a station on the main line of the Hershey Electric Railway, with a branch to Jaruco, and is 5 km far from the highway "Vía Blanca", that connects Havana to Varadero.