Güira de Melena
Güira de Melena is a municipality an ceety in the Artemisa Province syne 1 Januar 2011, afore it wis pairt o La Habana Province. Cuba. It is locatit on the soothren shore o the island, borderin the Bay o Batabanó an on the wast pairt o Cuba. It wis foondit in 1779.[1]
Güira de Melena | |
|---|---|
  Location o Güira de Melena in Cuba | |
| Coordinates: 22°48′7″N 82°30′17″W / 22.80194°N 82.50472°W | |
| Kintra |  Cuba |
| Province | Artemisa |
| Foondit | 1779[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 178 km2 (69 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population (2004)[3] | |
| • Total | 37,838 |
| • Density | 212.6/km2 (551/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| Area code(s) | +53-7 |
The toun is sooth o San Antonio de los Baños, wast o Quivicán an east o Alquízar.
The principal economic activities include agricultur, especially tobacco; the ceety haes cigar factories. Ither agricultural products are potatoes, bananaes, pineapples an ither tropical fruits, an dairy products.
Demografics
eeditIn 2004, the municipality o Güira de Melena haed a population o 37,838.[3] Wi a tot aurie o 178 km2 (69 sq mi),[2] it haes a population densitie o 212.6/km2 (551/sq mi).
The municipality is dividit intae the barrios o Gabriel, Cajio, Tumbadero, La Cachimba, Penalver, Pulguero, Guerrilla, Pekin an Corea.[4]
See an aw
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ a b Guije.com. "Güira de Melena". Retrieved 7 October 2007. (in Spaingie)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ "Cronicas de Güira de Melena". Elba Rosa Rodriguez, 2011 (in Spaingie)
Cronicas de Guira de Melena, Elba Rosa Rodriguez, 2011
Freemit airtins
eedit- Article from El Habanero newspaper Archived 2006-05-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Spaingie)