Important information obtained through scientific research is contained in the Toponymical Map of Las Tunas, a document that includes more than 1,860 geographical features, including rivers, hydrographic basins, and relief elevations.
Las Tunas, Cuba.- This valuable instrument was recently presented to the Technical Advisory Group on Geographical Names, attached to the provincial government, and according to specialists, it is the only map in the country with a large number of toponymical families represented on it.
MSc. Maikel Víctor Lluch Rodríguez, coordinator of the group and provincial head of Hydrography and Geodesy, added that the map has a toponymical index on the back, with its corresponding symbology. He said that it includes human settlements and protected areas, as well as a digital elevation model of the terrain.
Dr. Cs. Hernán Feria Ávila pointed out that this person from Las Tunas is the most comprehensive and complete of the provincial gazetteers as it covers the entire universe of toponyms, including those of the dispersed communities, and this has been very well received, even at the national level.
He also stressed that when the basic economic conditions are in place, municipal dictionaries could be compiled in the territory because the information is already available and on scientific-technical grounds.
The Technical Advisory Groups for Geographical Names were set up by agreement of the Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers on 28 July 1983 - 41 years ago - and during this period, the group in Las Tunas has been working steadily.
Regarding its operation, Lluch Rodríguez said that the map is the third scientific task to be completed, which gives an idea of the magnitude of the research. He said that the first of these was the gazetteer of geographical names, a quick list with little data.
He added that this was followed by the provincial gazetteer. In March this year, the academic publishing house of the University of Las Tunas published it in an illustrated edition, with more than 500 satellite images, maps, and photographs of the different features.
Finally, he specified that this toponymical map be made as a scientific and technical task, with two doctoral researchers that contribute to the theory of geography didactics and favor the learning of the students who study this specialty at the university.
