Guanajay
Guanajay | |
|---|---|
  Location o Guanajay in Cuba | |
| Coordinates: 22°55′50″N 82°41′17″W / 22.93056°N 82.68806°W | |
| Kintra |  Cuba |
| Province | Artemisa |
| Foondit | 1781 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 113 km2 (44 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 110 m (360 ft) |
| Population (2004)[2] | |
| • Total | 28,429 |
| • Density | 251.6/km2 (652/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| Area code(s) | +53-7 |
Guanajay is a toun an municipality in Artemisa Province in wastren Cuba, locatit aboot 36 mile (58 km) soothwast o Havana. The toun lees amang hills an haes an excellent climate; in colonial times it wis an acclimatization station for newly-arrivit truips frae Spain. It later became weel kent as a heal resort. It wis foondit in 1650. It wis pairt o the province o Pinar del Río till efter the Cuban Revolution.
The kintra surroondin Guanajay is a fertile succarcane an tobacco region, an historically it haes been an important distributin pynt in the commerce o the wastren end o the island. Guanajay wis an auncient pueblo o considerable size an importance as early as the end o the 18t century.
Demografics
[eedit | eedit soorce]In 2004, the municipality o Guanajay haed a population o 28,429.[2] Wi a tot aurie o 113 km2 (44 sq mi),[1] it haes a population densitie o 251.6/km2 (652/sq mi).
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[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b Statoids (2003). "Municipios of Cuba". Retrieved 7 October 2007. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ a b Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality". Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2007. (in Spaingie)
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