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Matanzas (Cuban Spanish pronunciation:; Lucumi: Ayá Áta) [4] is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas.Known for its poets, culture, and Afro-Cuban folklore, it is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas (Spanish Bahia de Matanzas), 90 kilometres (56 mi) east of the capital Havana and 32 kilometres (20 mi) west of the resort town of Varadero.
The second largest in Cuba, Matanzas province is largely flat, with its highest point (Pan de Matanzas) at only 380m above sea level.. The north-western coast is largely rocky, with a few beaches, while the north-eastern coast has numerous small cays of its coast (part of Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago), and scrubland and mangroves near the shoreline.
Matanzas is located in the north west of Cardenal Caro Province, O'Higgins Region, and forms part of the commune of Navidad, Chile. Is located 160 kilometres south of Santiago and 58 kilometres north of Pichilemu .
The interior of the San Carlos Cathedral of Matanzas in 1926. Cathedral of Matanzas in a photo of 1906. The Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo (Spanish: Catedral de San Carlos Borromeo) is a Catholic church in Matanzas, Cuba. It is the seat of Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal, the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Matanzas.
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Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport (IATA: VRA, ICAO: MUVR), formerly known as Varadero Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Varadero), is an international airport serving Varadero, Cuba, and the province of Matanzas. The airport is located 5 km from the village of Carbonera, closer to the city of Matanzas than to Varadero.
FC Matanzas was relegated to the Torneo de Ascenso in 2009-10, until 2013 they were invited to participate in the Campeonato Nacional. ... Wikipedia® is a registered ...
Matanzas is a municipality in the Peravia province of the Dominican Republic. It was recently created as a municipality on June 1, 2014. ... Wikipedia® is a ...