Mayarí
Mayarí is a municipality an ceety in the Holguín Province o Cuba.
Mayarí | |
|---|---|
  Location o Mayarí in Cuba | |
| Coordinates: 20°39′33″N 75°40′41″W / 20.65917°N 75.67806°W | |
| Kintra |  Cuba |
| Province | Holguín |
| Foondit | 1757[1] |
| Established | 19 Januar 1879 (Municipality) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1307 km2 (505 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Population (2004)[3] | |
| • Total | 105,505 |
| • Density | 80.7/km2 (209/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| Area code(s) | +53-24 |
| The blog Mayari Libre at:www.mayarilibre.com represents the city on the internet. | |
The oreegins o the ceety date back tae 1757,[1] when the first ferms wur established on the actual location. On 19 Januar 1879 the ceety became the seat o the municipality.
The Sierra Cristal Naitional Pairk (Spaingie: Parque Nacional Sierra Cristal) is pairtly locatit in the Mayarí municipality an pairtly in neighborin Sagua de Tánamo.[4] Ither attractions include Cayo Saetia, a cay locatit north o Mayarí an the Bay o Nipe.
The name o the toun figurs in the famous sang o the 1940s, "Voy para Mayari" bi Compay Segundo, an in his sang frae the Buena Vista Social Club, "Chan Chan".
Demographics eedit
In 2004, the municipality o Mayarí haed a population o 105,505.[3] Wi a total aurie o 1,307 km2 (505 sq mi),[2] it haes a population density o 80.7 /km2 (209 /sq mi).
The municipality is dividit intae the barrios o Barajagua, Birán, Cabonico, Cajimaya, Chavaleta Norte, Chavaleta Sur, Guayabo, Juan Vicente, Mateo Sánchez, Punta de Tabaco, Río Frío, Sae-Tia, San Gregario Norte, San Gregorio Sur an Santa Isabel.[1]
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References eedit
- ↑ a b c Guije.com. "Mayarí". Retrieved 9 October 2007. (in Spaingie)
- ↑ a b Statoids (2003). "Municipios of Cuba". Retrieved 9 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 9 October 2007. (in Spaingie)
- ↑ Radio Habana. "Parque Nacional Sierra Cristal". Archived frae the original on 4 October 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2007. (in Spaingie)