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Havana
—  Ceety  —
La Habana
CollageHavana2.jpg
Clockwise: Capitolio Nacional, The Great Theatre, Havana Cathedral, Museum of the Revolution, and Old Havana skyline

Coat o airms
Eik-name(s): Ceety o Columns
Havana is located in Cuba
Havana
Location in Cuba
Coordinates: 23°08′N 082°23′W / 23.133°N 82.383°W / 23.133; -82.383
Kintra Cuba
Province La Habana
Foondit 1515a
Ceety status 1592
Municipalities 15
Govrenment
 - Mayor Marta Hernández (PCC)
Aurie
 - Tot 728.26 km2 (281.2 sq mi)
Hicht 59 m (194 ft)
Indwallers (2009) Offeecial Census[1]
 - Tot 2,141,993
 - Densitie 2,932.3/km2 (7,594.6/sq mi)
Demonym habanero (m), habanera (f)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 - Simmer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal code 10xxx–19xxx
Aurie code(s) (+53) 7
Patron Saunts Saunt Christopher
a Foondit on the present steid in 1519.

Havana (Template:Audio-es, IPA: [la aˈβana], offeecially Ciudad de La Habana,[2]) is the caipital ceety, major port, an leadin commercial centre o Cuba. The ceety is ane o the 14 Cuban provinces. The ceety/province haes 2.1 million inhabitants, the lairgest ceety in Cuba an the seicont lairgest in the Caribbean region, efter Santo Domingo.[3] The ceety extends maistly wastward an soothward frae the bay, which is entered through a narrow inlet an which divides intae three main harbours: Marimelena, Guanabacoa, an Atarés. The sluggish Almendares River traverses the ceety frae sooth tae north, enterin the Straits o Florida a few miles wast o the bay.

Keeng Philip II o Spain grantit Havana the title o Ceety in 1592 an a ryal decree in 1634 recognized its importance bi offeecially designatin it the "Key tae the New Warld an Rampart o the Wast Indies".[4] Havana's coat o airms carries this inscription. The Spaniards began biggin fortifications, an in 1553 they transferred the governor's residence tae Havana frae Santiago de Cuba on the eastren end o the island, thus makin Havana the de facto caipital. The importance o harbour fortifications wis early recognized as Inglis, French, an Dutch sea marauders attacked the ceety in the 16t century.[5] The sinkin o the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana's harbor in 1898 wis the immediate cause o the Spainyie-American War.[6]

Present day Havana is the center o the Cuban govrenment, an various meenistries an heidquarters o businesses are based there.

Internaitional relations [edit]

See an aw: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in the Caribbean

Twin touns — sister ceeties [edit]

Havana is twinned wi:

   

References [edit]

  1. ↑ 2009 Official Census.
  2. ↑ (Spainyie) Ciudad (con mayúscula) de La Habana, así se llama la provincia donde se encuentra ubicada la capital de Cuba.. Archived from the original on 12 Februar 2007. . Retrieved on 10 Februar 2007. .
  3. ↑ (Inglis) Latin America Population - Havana city population.
  4. ↑ (Inglis) Capital city - capital of Spanish Cuba in 1552
  5. ↑ (Inglis) Old Havana
  6. ↑ (Inglis) Spanish-American War, Effects of the Press on Spanish-American Relations in 1898
  7. ↑ Barcelona sister cities. W3.bcn.es. Retrieved on 17 Apryle 2010. .
  8. ↑ Beijing-International Sister Cities
  9. ↑ Invitation for fraternization of Havana and Belgrade. Mfa.gov.rs. Retrieved on 17 Apryle 2010. .
  10. ↑ http://www.e-volutionperu.com. Cusco Sister Cities. Municusco.gob.pe. Retrieved on 17 Apryle 2010. .
  11. ↑ City of Esfahan official website – Sister Cities[deid airtin]
  12. ↑ Glasgow City Council – Twin cities of Glasgow. Glasgow.gov.uk (2009-08-03). Retrieved on 17 Apryle 2010. .
  13. ↑ Erdem, Selim Efe. "İstanbul'a 49 kardeş", Radikal, 2003-11-03. Retrieved on 26 Julie 2009.. (in Turkish)
  14. ↑ "Hermanamientos y Acuerdos", www.munimadrid.es. Retrieved on 26 Julie 2009..
  15. ↑ Sister Cities of Manila. © 2008-2009 City Government of Manila. Retrieved on 2 Julie 2009. .
  16. ↑ Sister Cities International (2007). Cuba Directory. Archived from the original on 15 Januar 2008. . Retrieved on 7 Mey 2007. .
  17. ↑ Oaxaca Sister Cities – Relación de la ciudades hermanadas con la ciudad de Oaxaca
  18. ↑ Granma – En La Habana vicealcalde de la ciudad de Rotterdam[deid airtin] La delegación visitante hará la entrega oficial de una donación de implementos deportivos, en momentos en que se celebra el aniversario 25 de las relaciones entre ambas urbes
  19. ↑ Saint Petersburg in figures – International and Interregional Ties. Eng.gov.spb.ru. Retrieved on 17 Apryle 2010. .
  20. ↑ Memoria Anual, Agosto 2002-Agosto 2003 (PDF). Retrieved on 17 Apryle 2010. .
  21. ↑ São Paulo's 40 Sister Cities
  22. ↑ http://pcasevilla.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/nos-visito-el-poder-popular-de-ciudad-de-la-habana/
  23. ↑ Tehran, Havana named sister cities. Payvand.com. Retrieved on 17 Apryle 2010. .
  24. ↑ New Monument to Tijuana's sister cities – Inaugura el alcalde Kurt Honold monumento dedicado a ciudades hermanas de Tijuana
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