A cane field is a place where reeds abound.
A cane field is a place full of reeds . This concept (cane), for its part, refers to a plant from the grass family or the stem of this type of plant.
Reed fields, therefore, are lands where reeds grow. For its development, certain climatic and soil conditions are needed that allow the growth of the plant species in question.
Cañaveral as a name
Cañaveral is also the name of various administrative divisions. In Panama , for example, there are two townships called Cañaveral . One is located in the province of Coclé and another in the Ngäbe-Buglé indigenous region.
In the Spanish province of Cáceres , which belongs to the Autonomous Community of Extremadura , there is a municipality called Cañaveral . It has just over a thousand inhabitants spread over an area of almost 87 square kilometers.
In the same way, we cannot ignore the municipality of Cañaveral de León . It is a town in the Spanish province of Huelva ( Andalusia ) that has the charm of being located in the heart of the Sierra de Aracena and Picos de Aroche Natural Park . It has just over 400 inhabitants and has its origins in the 16th century .
In addition, we also have to point out that in Malaga ( Andalusia ) there is an important residential complex called Torre Cañaveral . It is located in the Puerto de la Torre area and has good communication with the center of the aforementioned capital.
Likewise, in Madrid there is El Cañaveral , which is an administrative neighborhood that belongs to the Vicálvaro district. It was launched in 2017 and is located east of the Spanish capital.
In Peru , the capital of Casitas (a district of the province of Contralmirante Villar ) is Cañaveral . Located in the northwest of the national territory, within the department of Tumbes , it has a population of half a thousand inhabitants.
The United States , finally, has several places called Cape Canaveral . It is actually a cape in the state of Florida , which is located next to a city of the same name (belonging to Brevard County ).
It is important to know that this area of Cape Canaveral was discovered in the 16th century , specifically in 1513 , by the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León .
Cape Canaveral is a NASA air base.
an air base
Cape Canaveral is also an air base of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration , the US government agency known by its acronym in English: NASA . In this sense, it must be emphasized that it began to function as a base for launching missiles and similar activities in the 1950s . Space rockets are usually launched from there. Currently the area is also known as Cape Kennedy .
This name was officially given in 1964 , in honor of American President John Fitzgerald Kennedy , who had been assassinated a year earlier. However, there were changes shortly after: now the general area is known as Cape Canaveral and only the NASA building is called Kennedy .