Alquízar

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Alquízar
Alquízar is located in Cuba
Alquízar
Location o Alquízar in Cuba
Coordinates: 22°48′24″N 82°34′58″W / 22.80667°N 82.58278°W / 22.80667; -82.58278
Kintra Cuba
ProvinceArtemisa
Foondit1879[1]
Established1 Januar 1879
Area
 • Total193 km2 (75 sq mi)
Elevation
25 m (82 ft)
Population
 (2004)[3]
 • Total29,616
 • Density153.5/km2 (398/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
Area code(s)+53-7

Alquízar is a municipality an ceety in the Artemisa Province o Cuba.

The toun is locatit in the sooth-wast corner o the province, sooth-wast o San Antonio de los Baños an wast o Güira de Melena.

The settlement wis first mentioned in 1616, as a coffee plantation awned bi Don Sancho de Alquízar, who gives the name o the commonty. In 1826, a garrison wis established here,[1] an it wis incorporatit in 1879.

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In 2004, the municipality o Alquízar haed a population o 29,616.[3] Wi a total aurie o 193 km2 (75 sq mi),[2] it haes a population densitie o 153.5/km2 (398/sq mi).

The municipality is dividit intae the barrios o Guanímar, La Paz, Pueblo (caipital), San Andrés an Tumbadero.[1]

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  1. a b c Guije.com. "Alquízar". Archived frae the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2007. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help) (in Spaingie)
  2. a b Statoids (2003). "Municipios of Cuba". Archived frae the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2007. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. a b Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality". Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2007.Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Spaingie)