Nuevitas
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History
Founded in 1775 during the time of the Spanish Empire, the city was moved to its present site in 1828. Before the 1977 national municipal reform, Nuevitas was divided into the barrios of Primero, Segundo, Tercero, Alvaro Reinoso, Lugareño, Redención, San Miguel and Senado.[1]
Geography
Nuevitas is located on the Guincho peninsula on the north coast, and borders with the municipalities of Guáimaro, Minas, Manatí (in Las Tunas Province) and Morón (in Ciego de Ávila Province). The municipality includes the villages of Camalote, Pastelillo, Playa Santa Lucía, San Agustín, San Miguel de Bagá and Santa Rita.[2]
Nuevitas is not a very large city but it is one of Cuba's most important towns because of its commercial and industrial activities. Nuevitas is located southwest of Playa Santa Lucía, which is popular with tourists. Cayo Sabinal is located immediately north; other cays are Cayo Guajaba and Cayo Romano. The only waterway that separates Santa Lucia from Ensenada Playa Bonita is the canal of Nuevitas which connects the Bahia de Nuevitas to the Atlantic Ocean.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Demographics
In 2022, the municipality of Nuevitas had a population of 59,483.[3] With a total area of Script error: No such module "convert".,[4] it has a population density of Script error: No such module "convert"..
Transport
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The railway station is the terminus of two lines: one from Camagüey, and a second from Santa Clara, through the Atlantic Coast and Morón.
Personalities
- Emilia Bernal (1882–1964), poet
- Enrique Cirules (1938–2016), writer
- Armando Coroneaux (b. 1985), footballer
Sister cities
- Template:Flagicon Benalmádena, Spain
See also
References
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External links
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