Jaruco
| Jaruco San Juan Bautista de Jaruco |
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| Coordinates: 23°02′34″N 82°00′34″W / 23.04278°N 82.00944°W | |
| Kintra |  Cuba |
| Province | Mayabeque |
| Foondit | 1762[1] |
| Established | 1931 (Municipality) |
| Aurie[2] | |
| - Tot | 276 km2 (106.6 sq mi) |
| Hicht | 130 m (427 ft) |
| Indwallers (2004)[3] | |
| - Tot | 25,658 |
| - Densitie | 93.0/km2 (240.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| Aurie code(s) | +53-47 |
Jaruco is a municipality an ceety in the Mayabeque Province o Cuba.
The toun wis foondit in 1762 unner the name San Juan Bautista de Jaruco (Ciudad Condal de San Juan Bautista de Jaruco).[4] "Ajaruco" wis the pre-Columbie Taíno name o the dounset.[5]
In 1940, the municipality wis dividit intae the barrios o Arroyo Vuelto, Casiguas, Castilla, Ciudad de Jaruco, Don Martín, Escaleras de Jaruco, Bainoa, San Antonio de Río Blanco del Norte an Santa Ana.[1]
Efter 1959 this aurie wis groupit intae the Regional San José (wi the sma municipalities o Jaruco, San Antonio-Caraballo (umwhile pairt o pre 1959 Aguacate municipality), Bainoa, etc.) Later Jaruco wis the caipital o Regional Bainoa which includit the municipalities o Jaruco, Camilo Cenfuegos, Santa Cruz del Norte, Aguacate y Madruga.
Syne 1976, the Jaruco municipality includes: Jaruco, Caraballo, San Antonio de Rio Blanco del Norte, Bainoa, Casiguas, Vista Alegre, Escaleras de Jaruco (an its bonnie pairk inside the muntains), Castilla y Tumba Cuatro.
In 2009 the Benedictines being a Roman Catholic congregation stairtit tae erect an awn residence in Jaruco. The project failed in 2010 acause o lack o watter so that the Benedictines remained in their provisorial hoose in Havana (2011).
Demografics [edit]
In 2004, the municipality o Jaruco haed a population o 25,658.[3] Wi a total aurie o 276 km2 (107 sq mi),[2] it haes a population densitie o 93.0 /km2 (241 /sq mi).
See an aw [edit]
References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guije.com. Jaruco. Retrieved on 7 October 2007. . (Spainyie)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Statoids (July 2003). Municipios of Cuba. Retrieved on 7 October 2007. .
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Atenas.cu (2004). 2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. . Retrieved on 7 October 2007. . (Spainyie)
- ↑ *Ignacio A, Ortiz-Bello. Jaruco, un aporte para su historia 1959
- ↑ The United Confederation of Taíno People. Taíno Dictionary (Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. . Retrieved on 18 October 2007. .
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