San José de las Lajas

San José de las Lajas
San José de las Lajas
	Municipality
	Location o San José de las Lajas in Cuba
	Coordinates: 22°58′4″N 82°09′21″W / 22.96778°N 82.15583°W
Kintra	Cuba
Province	Mayabeque
Foondit	1778
Established	1879 (Municipality)
Area
• Total	591 km2 (228 sq mi)
Elevation	135 m (443 ft)
Population (2004)
• Total	69,375
• Density	117.4/km2 (304/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
Area code(s)	+53-47

San José de las Lajas is a municipality an the caipital ceety o the newly formit Mayabeque Province o Cuba, Efter the segmentation o La Habana Province in 2011. It is locatit in the centre north o the province, an is bisectit bi the Carretera Central.

It wis foondit in 1778.^[1]

Demografics

In 2004, the municipality o San José de las Lajas haed a population o 69,375. The ceety proper haes 37,000 indwallers.^[3] Wi a tot aurie o 591 km² (228 sq mi),^[2] it haes a population densitie o 117.4/km² (304/sq mi).

The municipality is dividit intae the barrios o Jamaica, Liberación, Tapaste, Pedro Pi, El Perú, Valle del Perú, Morales, Ganuza, Zaragoza, Nazareno, Comunidad Nazareno, El Volcán, La Ruda, Managuaco an San Antonio de las Vegas .^[1]

Economics

San José is the maist important economical hub o Mayabeque Province wi important industries (metallurgic, mechanical, electrical, biggin materials, chemical, rum) an a well-developit fermin sector.

Science, Education

This municipality hosts the Agrarian Varsity o Havana as well as important kintra level scienteefic institutions o the agricultural sciences: CENSA (Naitional Center o Ainimal Healcare), ICA (Institute o Ainimal Science) an INCA (Naitional Institute o Agricultural Sciences), formin thegither the core o the sae namit "Havana East Scientific Pole"

Sports

The basebaw stadium "Nelson Fernández" is the venue o the La Habana basebaw team (Vaqueros) which wis the naitional champion in the 2008-2009 campaign.

See an aw

References

↑ ^a ^b ^c Guije.com. "San José de las Lajas". 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."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)

[guije-1] Guije.com. "San José de las Lajas". Retrieved 7 October 2007. (in Spaingie)

[statoids-2] Statoids (2003). "Municipios of Cuba". Retrieved 7 October 2007. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[atenas-3] 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)

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