Banes, Cuba
Banes is a municipality an ceety in the Holguín Province o Cuba.
Banes | |
|---|---|
  Location o Banes in Cuba | |
| Coordinates: 20°58′11″N 75°42′42″W / 20.96972°N 75.71167°W | |
| Kintra |  Cuba |
| Province | Holguín |
| Established | 1887[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 781 km2 (302 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Population (2004)[3] | |
| • Total | 81,274 |
| • Density | 104.1/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| Area code(s) | +53-24 |
The name comes frae the inhabitants Taino leid wird Bani, meanin "glen".[4]
Demographics
eeditIn 2004, the municipality o Banes haed a population o 81,274.[3] Wi a total aurie o 781 km2 (302 sq mi),[2] it haes a population density o 104.1 /km2 (270 /sq mi).
The municipality is dividit intae the barrios o Angeles, Berros, Cañadón, Durruthy, Este, Flores, Macabi, Mulas, nuevo Banes ,Oeste, Retrete, Río Seco, Samá (includes Guardalavaca), Marcané, Veguitas an Yaguajay.[1]
Fulgencio Batista wis born in the ceety o Banes.
Hurricane Ike made landfaw here as a Category 4 hurricane on the fore-nicht o September 7, 2008, causin great losses o property.
See also
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ a b Guije.com. "Banes" (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 October 2007.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ a b Statoids. "Municipios of Cuba". Retrieved 5 October 2007.
- ↑ a b Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality" (in Spanish). Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2007.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ Taino-Tribe.org. "Taino Dictionary" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 October 2007.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)