Holguín
Holguín (Template:IPA-es) is a municipality an ceety, the caipital o the Cuban Province o Holguín. It an aw includes a tourist aurie, afferin beach resorts in the ootskirts o the region.
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[edit] History
It wis foondit as San Isidoro de Holguín in 1545,[1] an it is namit efter its foonder Caiptain García Holguín, a Spainyie military officer. Prior tae 1976, Holguin wis locatit in the province o Oriente.
[edit] Infrastructure
There are several sma ceety pairks such as Parque Infantil, Parque San Jose, Parque San Isidoro, Parque Marti amang ithers, maist central the Calixto García in the dountoun aurie. Close bi ane fynds the galleries Centro Provincial de Arte an Bayado, a library, the club Casa de la Trova, the Martí cinema, the Theatre Eddy Suñol, the Province Museum La Periquera, a science museum, an a history museum. Frae the hill Loma de la Cruz, whaur a lairge crucifix is instawed, which can be ascendit bi its 450 stairs, ane can owersee the whole ceety.
Holguín haes a basebaw stadium. The Frank País International Airport (ceety code HOG) is connectit tae Havana an several ither warld destinations.
The municipality is dividit intae the barrios o Aguarás, Aguas Claras, Alcalá, Arroyo Blanco del Sur, Báguanos, Cabezuelas, Cacocún, Calderón, Camazán, Cauto del Cristo, Corralillo, Cruces de Purnio, Damián, Floro Pérez, Guabasiabo, Guayabal, Guirabo, Haticos del Purial, La Aguada, La Cuaba, La Palma, La Rioja, Las Calabazas, Managuaco, Melones, Norte, Omaja, Purnio, San Agustín, San Andrés, San Francisco, San Juan, San Lorenzo, Santa Rita, Sur, Tacámara, Tasajeras, Uñas, Uñitas, Velasco, Yareyal an Yayal.[2]
The main seicontary education institution is the University o Holguín.
[edit] Economy
The brewery Cerveceria Bucanero - a joint ventur wi Labatt o Canadae - is based in the ceety. It maks three brands o beer (Bucanero, Cristal an Mayabe) sauld in convertible pesos.
Near Holguin, the Villa El Quinque an the Villa El Cocal are warld-renouned centers for addictions treatment, receivin patients frae aroond the warld. Argentine soccer starn Diego Maradona wis treatit for his cocaine addiction there. The popular Playa Pesquero (Fishin Boat Beach) is locatit on the coast north o Holguín ceety, aboot an oor's drive frae the Internaitional Airport.
[edit] Demographics
In 2004, the municipality o Holguín haed a population o 326,740,[3] makkin it the fowert lairgest ceety in Cuba in terms o population. Wi a total aurie o 666 km2 (257 sq mi)[4] it haes a population density o 490.6 /km2 (1,271 /sq mi).
[edit] Transportation
Holguín is served bi Frank País Airport (HOG/MUHG), locatit at 20°47´08"N, 076°18´54"W.
[edit] Sister ceeties
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Wast Kanpur
[edit] References
- ↑ Guije.com (September 2004). Ciudad de Holguin. Retrieved on 17 Februar 2007. .
- ↑ Guije.com. Holguín. Retrieved on 5 October 2007. . (Spainyie)
- ↑ Atenas.cu (2004). 2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. . Retrieved on 5 October 2007. . (Spainyie)
- ↑ Statoids. Municipios of Cuba. Retrieved on 5 October 2007. .
