Centro Habana
Centro Habana is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs (municipios in Spanish) in the city of Havana, Cuba. A chinatown - Barrio Chino - is also located in this district. It is a smaller municipality of Havana, and it has the highest population density.
Centro Habana is divided into five consejos populares (wards): Cayo Hueso, Colón, Dragones, Los Sitios and Pueblo Nuevo.
History
The infrastructure of the city, built 450 years ago, heavily deteriorated during the 1990s after the collapse of the Cuban-Soviet trade partnership. In 1996, restoration projects were started to improve housing and infrastructure in the Cayo Hueso community.[3]
Centro Habana was established as an administrative division in 1963 and later formally made its own municipio in 1976.[4]
Demographics
In 2004, the municipality of Centro Habana had a population of 158,151.[2] With a total area of 4 km2 (1.5 sq mi),[1] it has a population density of 39,537.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (102,402/sq mi).
See also
- Malecon
- Barrio de San Lázaro
- Havana Plan Piloto
References
- ^ a b Statoids (July 2003). "Municipios of Cuba". Retrieved 2007-10-06.
- ^ a b Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2006-07-14. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
- ^ Restoration Project Archived March 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine - Canada International Development Research Centre
- ^ Bartolomé Bárguez, Carlos (2006). "Ciudad de La Habana. La identidad de la provincia y sus municipios" (in Spanish).
Gallery
- Calle Lazaro (close to the Malecon).
- Calle Lealtad.
- Calle Hospital.
- Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus [es] in Calle Reina.
- Casona of Calle Reina.
- Main Gate to Chinatown.
External links
- Media related to Centro Habana at Wikimedia Commons
- Centro Habana guia turistica - touristic guide (Spanish)
- Hotels in Centro Habana, Cuba Travel and tourism.
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