Bahia Honda, Cuba

Bahía Honda is a municipality an ceety in the Artemisa Province o Cuba. Afore 2011 belangit tae Pinar del Río Province. It is locatit on the northren shore o the island, in an inlet o the Florida Straits, 70 km (43 mi) wast o Havana. The sheltered bay that gives the name o the municipality contains an industrial port. It marks the eastren extend o the Colorados Airchipelago.

Bahía Honda
Bahia Honda, Cuba is located in Cuba
Bahia Honda, Cuba
Location o Bahía Honda in Cuba
Coordinates: 22°54′23″N 83°09′50″W / 22.90639°N 83.16389°W / 22.90639; -83.16389
Kintra Cuba
ProvinceArtemisa
Area
 • Total784 km2 (303 sq mi)
Elevation
25 m (82 ft)
Population
 (2004)[2]
 • Total45,968
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
Area code(s)+53-82

Bahía Honda wis ane o the naval bases leased tae the US unner the Platt Amendment, but abandoned some years later in turn for an expansion o the aurie leased aroond Guantánamo Bay.[3]

Demografics

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In 2004, the municipality o Bahía Honda haed a population o 45,968.[2] Wi a total aurie o 784 km2 (303 sq mi),[1] it haes a population densitie o 58.6/km2 (152/sq mi).

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References

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  1. 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)
  2. 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 copy". Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link) (in Spaingie)
  3. Navarro, José Cantón: History of Cuba, Havana, Cuba, 1998, p. 83