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Havana (/ h ə ˈ v æ n ə /; Spanish: La Habana [la aˈβana] ⓘ) [5] is the capital and largest city of Cuba.The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. [6]
Map of Cuba Havana, Capital of Cuba Santiago de Cuba Camagüey Holguín Santa Clara Guantánamo. This is a list of cities in Cuba with at least 20,000 inhabitants, listed in descending order. Population data refers to city proper and not to the whole municipality, because they include large rural areas with several villages.
Casablanca (Spanish pronunciation: [kasaˈβlaŋka]) is a ward (consejo popular) of the city of Havana, the capital of Cuba, belonging to the municipal borough of Regla. It is situated to the east of the entrance to Havana Harbor.
The demonym habanero/a for Cuba's capital, Havana, has several derived or related terms, including: habanero, a chili pepper. habano, a generic term for Cuban cigars, habanera, a style of Cuban popular dance music of the 19th century. "Habanera", an aria from Georges Bizet's 1875 opéra comique Carmen. Havanese, the national dog of Cuba. See also
The National Capitol of Cuba, also known as Capitolio Nacional de La Habana (National Capitol of La Habana), and often simply referred to as El Capitolio (The Capitol), is a public edifice in Havana, the capital of Cuba.
Cuban Spanish is the variety of the Spanish language as it is spoken in Cuba.As a Caribbean variety of Spanish, Cuban Spanish shares a number of features with nearby varieties, including coda weakening and neutralization, non-inversion of Wh-questions, and a lower rate of dropping of subject pronouns compared to other Spanish varieties.
Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital. Cuba is the third-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with about 10 million ...
[1] [2] Cuba is home to over 11 million people and is the most populous island nation in the Caribbean. Its people , culture , and customs draw from diverse sources, such as the aboriginal Taíno and Ciboney peoples, the period of Spanish colonialism , the introduction of African slaves and its proximity to the United States .