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Havana
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Capital of Cuba in La Habana, Cuba
Havana
Capital of Cuba
La Habana
Clockwise from top left: El Capitolio, Museum of the Revolution, view of Malecón, lighthouse at El Morro, Havana Cathedral, Plaza Vieja and the Great Theatre of Havana

Flag
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): City of Columns, Rome of the Caribbean[1]
Havana
Location in Cuba
Coordinates: 23°08′N 82°23′W / 23.133°N 82.383°W / 23.133; -82.383Coordinates: 23°08′N 82°23′W / 23.133°N 82.383°W / 23.133; -82.383
Country
Cuba
Province
La Habana
Settled by Europeans
1515a
City status
1592
Municipalities
15
Government
• Type
Mayor-council
• Mayor
Marta Hernández (PCC)
Area
• Total
728.26 km2 (281.18 sq mi)
Elevation
59 m (194 ft)
Population (2012) Official Census[2]
• Total
2,106,146
• Density
2,892.0/km2 (7,490/sq mi)
Demonym(s)
Habanero/a
Time zone
UTC−05:00 (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)
UTC−04:00 (UTC-4)
Postal code
10xxx–19xxx
Area code(s)
(+53) 07
Patron Saints
Saint Christopher
a Founded on the present site in 1519.
Havana (/həˈvænə/; Spanish: La Habana [la aˈβana] ( listen)) is the capital city, largest city, province, major port, and leading commercial center of Cuba.[3] The city has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants,[2][3] and it spans a total of 781.58 km3 (187.51 cu mi) – making it the largest city by area, the most populous city, and the fourth largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean region.[2][4] The city extends mostly westward and southward from the bay, which is entered through a narrow inlet and which divides into three main harbors: Mari melena, Guanabacoa and Antares. The sluggish Almendares River traverses the city from south to north, entering the Straits of Florida a few miles west of the bay.[5]
The city of Havana was founded by the Spanish in the 16th century and due to its strategic location it served as a springboard for the Spanish conquest of the Americas, becoming a stopping point for treasure-laden Spanish galleons returning to Spain. King Philip II of Spain granted Havana the title of City in 1592.[6] Walls as well as forts were built to protect the old city.[7] The sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana's harbor in 1898 was the immediate cause of the Spanish–American War.[8]
Contemporary Havana can essentially be described as three cities in one: Old Havana, Vedado and the newer suburban districts. The city is the center of the Cuban government, and home to various ministries, headquarters of businesses and over 90 diplomatic offices.[9] The current mayor is Marta Hernández of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC).[10] In 2009, the city/province had the third highest income in the country.[11]
The city attracts over a million tourists annually;[12] the Official Census for Havana reports that in 2010 the city was visited by 1,176,627 international tourists,[12] a 20% increase from 2005. Old Havana was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982.[13] The city is also noted for its history, culture, architecture and monuments.[14] As typical of Cuba, Havana experiences a tropical climate.[15]
In May 2015, Havana was selected as one of the so-called New7Wonders Cities together with Beirut, Doha, Durban, Kuala Lumpur, La Paz, and Vigan.[16]
Contents
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1 Etymology
2 History
2.1 Colonial period
2.1.1 16th century
2.1.2 17th century
2.1.3 18th century
2.1.4 19th century
2.2 Republican period and post-revolution
3 Geography
3.1 Climate
4 Cityscape
4.1 Districts
4.2 Architecture
4.3 Landmarks and historical centres
5 Coat of arms
6 Culture
6.1 Old Havana
6.2 Barrio Chino
6.3 Visual arts
6.4 Performing arts
6.5 Festivals
7 Tourism
8 Economy
8.1 Industry
8.2 Commerce and finance
9 Demographics
9.1 Religion
9.2 Poverty and slums
10 Transport
10.1 Urban buses
10.2 Airports
10.3 Rail
10.4 Interurban (tram)
10.5 Ferry
10.6 Roads
11 Administration
12 Infrastructure
12.1 Education
12.2 Health
12.3 Services
13 Sports
14 Notable people
15 International relations
15.1 Diplomatic offices
15.2 Twin towns – sister cities
16 In Popular Culture
17 See also
18 Notes
19 References
20 External links
Etymology[edit]
Most native settlements became the site of Spanish colonial cities retaining their original Taíno names; the name Habana could be based on the name of a local Taíno chief Habaguanex.[citation needed]
A panoramic view of Havana, Cuba from atop the Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña.
History[edit]
Main articles: History of Havana and Timeline of Havana
Colonial period[edit]
17th century depiction of Havana
16th century[edit]
Conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar founded Havana on August 25, 1515, on the southern coast of the island, near the present town of Surgidero de Batabanó, or more likely on the banks of the Mayabeque River close to Playa Mayabeque. All attempts to found a city on Cuba's south coast failed. However, an early map of Cuba drawn in 1514 places the town at the mouth of this river.[17][18]
Between 1514 and 1519 the Spanish established at least two different settlements on the north coast, one of them in La Chorrera, today in the neighborhoods of Vedado and Miramar, next to the Almendares River. The town that became Havana finally originated adjacent to what was then called Puerto de Carenas (literally, "Careening Bay"), in 1519. The quality of this natural bay, which now hosts Havana's harbor, warranted this change of location.
Pánfilo de Narváez gave Havana – the sixth town founded by the Spanish on Cuba – its name: San Cristóbal de la Habana. The name combines San Cristóbal, patron saint of Havana. Shortly after the founding of Cuba's first cities, the island served as little more than a base for the Conquista of other lands.
French pirate Jacques de Sores looting and burning Havana in 1555
Port of Havana in 1639
19th century depiction of Havana
Havana began as a trading port, and suffered regular attacks by buccaneers, pirates, and French corsairs. The first attack and resultant burning of the city was by the French corsair Jacques de Sores in 1555. Such attacks convinced the Spanish Crown to fund the construction of the first fortresses in the main cities – not only to counteract the pirates and corsairs, but also to exert more control over commerce with the West Indies, and to limit the extensive contrabando (black market) that had arisen due to the trade restrictions imposed by the Casa de Contratación of Seville (the crown-controlled trading house that held a monopoly on New World trade).
Ships from all over the New World carried products first to Havana, in order to be taken by the fleet to Spain. The thousands of ships gathered in the city's bay also fueled Havana's agriculture and manufacture, since they had to be supplied with food, water, and other products needed to traverse the ocean.
On December 20, 1592, King Philip II of Spain granted Havana the title of City. Later on, the city would be officially designated as "Key to the New World and Rampart of the West Indies" by the Spanish Crown. In the meantime, efforts to build or improve the defensive infrastructures of the city continued.
17th century[edit]
Havana expanded greatly in the 17th century. New buildings were constructed from the most abundant materials of the island, mainly wood, combining various Iberian architectural styles, as well as borrowing profusely from Canarian characteristics.
In 1649, an often fatal epidemic brought from Cartagena in Colombia affected a third of the population of Havana.
18th century[edit]
By the middle of the 18th century Havana had more than seventy thousand inhabitants, and was the third-largest city in the Americas, ranking behind Lima and Mexico City but ahead of Boston and New York.[19] During the 18th century Havana was the most important of the Spanish ports because it had facilities where ships could be refitted and, by 1740, it had become Spain's largest and most active shipyard and only drydock in the New World.[20]
The city was captured by the British during the Seven Years' War. The episode began on June 6, 1762, when at dawn, a British fleet, comprising more than 50 ships and a combined force of over 11,000 men of the Royal Navy and Army, sailed into Cuban waters and made an amphibious landing east of Havana.[21] The British immediately opened up trade with their North American and Caribbean colonies, causing a rapid transformation of Cuban society. Less than a year after Havana was seized, the Peace of Paris was signed by the three warring powers thus ending the Seven Years' War. The treaty gave Britain Florida in exchange for the return of the city of Havana on to Spain.[22]
After regaining the city, the Spanish transformed Havana into the most heavily fortified city in the Americas. Construction began on what was to become the Fortress of San Carlos de la Cabaña, the third biggest Spanish fortification in the New World after Castle of San Cristóbal (the biggest) and Castillo San Felipe del Morro both in San Juan, Puerto Rico. On January 15, 1796, the remains of Christopher Columbus were transported to the island from Santo Domingo. They rested here until 1898, when they were transferred to Seville's Cathedral, after Spain's loss of Cuba.
19th century[edit]
As trade between Caribbean and North American states increased in the early 19th century, Havana became a flourishing and fashionable city. Havana's theaters featured the most distinguished actors of the age, and prosperity among the burgeoning middle-class led to expensive new classical mansions being erected. During this period Havana became known as the Paris of the Antilles.
In 1837, the first railroad was constructed, a 51 km (32 mi) stretch between Havana and Bejucal, which was used for transporting sugar from the valley of Güines to the harbor. With this, Cuba became the fifth country in the world to have a railroad, and the first Spanish-speaking country. Throughout the century, Havana was enriched by the construction of additional cultural facilities, such as the Tacon Teatre, one of the most luxurious in the world. The fact that slavery was legal in Cuba until 1886 led to Southern American interest, including a plan by the Knights of the Golden Circle to create a 'Golden Circle' with a 1200 mile-radius centered on Havana. After the Confederate States of America were defeated in the American Civil War in 1865, many former slaveholders continued to run plantations by moving to Havana.
In 1863, the city walls were knocked down so that the metropolis could be enlarged. At the end of the 19th century, Havana witnessed the final moments of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.
Republican period and post-revolution[edit]
The 20th century began with Cuba, and therefore Havana, under occupation by the United States.[23] The US occupation officially ended when Tomás Estrada Palma, first president of Cuba, took office on 20 May 1902.
During the Republican Period, from 1902 to 1959, the city saw a new era of development. Cuba recovered from the devastation of war to become a well-off country, with the third largest middle class in the hemisphere. Apartment buildings to accommodate the new middle class, as well as mansions for the Cuban tycoons, were built at a fast pace.
Numerous luxury hotels, casinos and nightclubs were constructed during the 1930s to serve Havana's burgeoning tourist industry, which greatly benefited by the U.S. prohibition on alcohol from 1920 to 1933. In the 1930s, organized crime characters were not unaware of Havana's nightclub and casino life, and they made their inroads in the city. Santo Trafficante, Jr. took the roulette wheel at the Sans Souci Casino, Meyer Lansky directed the Hotel Habana Riviera, with Lucky Luciano at the Hotel Nacional Casino. At the time, Havana became an exotic capital of appeal and numerous activities ranging from marinas, grand prix car racing, musical shows, and parks. It was also the favorite destination of sex tourists.[24]:127).
Havana achieved the title of being the Latin American city with the biggest middle class population per-capita, simultaneously accompanied by gambling and corruption where gangsters and stars were known to mix socially. During this era, Havana was generally producing more revenue than Las Vegas, Nevada, whose boom as a tourist destination began only after Havana's casinos closed in 1959. In 1958, about 300,000 American tourists visited the city.
After the revolution of 1959, the new régime under Fidel Castro promised to improve social services, public housing, and official buildings. Nevertheless, after Castro's abrupt expropriation of all private property and industry (May 1959 onwards) under a strong communist model backed by the Soviet Union followed by the U.S. embargo, shortages that affected Cuba in general hit Havana especially hard. By 1966–68, the Cuban government had nationalized all privately owned business entities in Cuba, down to "certain kinds of small retail forms of commerce" (law No. 1076[25]).
A severe economic downturn occurred after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Soviet subsidies ended, representing billions of dollars which the Soviet Union had given the Cuban government. Many believed that Havana's Soviet-backed régime would soon vanish, as happened to the Soviet satellite states of Eastern Europe. However, contrary to events in Europe, Havana's communist régime continued during the 1990s.
After many years of prohibition, the communist government increasingly turned to tourism for new financial revenue, and has allowed foreign investors to build new hotels and develop the hospitality industry. In Old Havana, effort has also gone into rebuilding for tourist purposes, and a number of streets and squares have been rehabilitated.[26] But Old Havana is a large city, and the restoration efforts concentrate in all on less than 10% of its area.
Havana Stock Exchange c. 1920
Capitolio Nacional in 1929
Museum of Fine Arts at the Palace of the Asturian c. 1920
Grand National Theatre at the Palace of the Galician c. 1920
Geography[edit]
Astronaut Photograph of Havana
Havana lies on the northern coast of Cuba, south of the Florida Keys, where the Gulf of Mexico joins the Atlantic Ocean. The city extends mostly westward and southward from the bay, which is entered through a narrow inlet and which divides into three main harbours: Marimelena, Guanabacoa, and Atarés. The sluggish Almendares River traverses the city from south to north, entering the Straits of Florida a few miles west of the bay.
The low hills on which the city lies rise gently from the deep blue waters of the straits. A noteworthy elevation is the 200-foot-high (60-metre) limestone ridge that slopes up from the east and culminates in the heights of La Cabaña and El Morro, the sites of colonial fortifications overlooking the eastern bay. Another notable rise is the hill to the west that is occupied by the University of Havana and the Prince's Castle. Outside the city, higher hills rise on the west and east.
Climate[edit]
Havana, like much of Cuba, has a tropical climate that is tempered by the island's position in the belt of the trade winds and by the warm offshore currents. Under the Köppen climate classification, Havana has a tropical savanna climate that closely borders on a tropical monsoon climate. Average temperatures range from 22 °C (72 °F) in January and February to 28 °C (82 °F) in August. The temperature seldom drops below 10 °C (50 °F). The lowest temperature was 1 °C (34 °F) in Santiago de Las Vegas, Boyeros. The lowest recorded temperature in Cuba was 32 °F (0 °C) in Bainoa, Mayabeque Province (before 2011 the eastern part of Havana province). Rainfall is heaviest in June and October and lightest from December through April, averaging 1,200 mm (47 in) annually. Hurricanes occasionally strike the island, but they ordinarily hit the south coast,[citation needed] and damage in Havana has been less than elsewhere in the country.
The table below lists temperature averages:
hideClimate data for Havana (1961–1990, extremes 1859–present)
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Record high °C (°F)
32.4
(90.3) 33.0
(91.4) 35.3
(95.5) 37.0
(98.6) 36.2
(97.2) 35.4
(95.7) 36.6
(97.9) 37.7
(99.9) 38.2
(100.8) 39.6
(103.3) 34.0
(93.2) 33.2
(91.8) 39.6
(103.3)
Average high °C (°F)
25.8
(78.4) 26.1
(79) 27.6
(81.7) 28.6
(83.5) 29.8
(85.6) 30.5
(86.9) 31.3
(88.3) 31.6
(88.9) 31.0
(87.8) 29.2
(84.6) 27.7
(81.9) 26.5
(79.7) 28.8
(83.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)
22.2
(72) 22.4
(72.3) 23.7
(74.7) 24.8
(76.6) 26.1
(79) 27.0
(80.6) 27.6
(81.7) 27.9
(82.2) 27.4
(81.3) 26.1
(79) 24.5
(76.1) 23.0
(73.4) 25.2
(77.4)
Average low °C (°F)
18.6
(65.5) 18.6
(65.5) 19.7
(67.5) 20.9
(69.6) 22.4
(72.3) 23.4
(74.1) 23.8
(74.8) 24.1
(75.4) 23.8
(74.8) 23.0
(73.4) 21.3
(70.3) 19.5
(67.1) 21.6
(70.9)
Record low °C (°F)
6.0
(42.8) 11.9
(53.4) 10.0
(50) 15.1
(59.2) 15.4
(59.7) 20.0
(68) 19.0
(66.2) 20.0
(68) 20.0
(68) 18.0
(64.4) 14.0
(57.2) 10.0
(50) 6.0
(42.8)
Average rainfall mm (inches)
64.4
(2.535) 68.6
(2.701) 46.2
(1.819) 53.7
(2.114) 98.0
(3.858) 182.3
(7.177) 105.6
(4.157) 99.6
(3.921) 144.4
(5.685) 180.5
(7.106) 88.3
(3.476) 57.6
(2.268) 1,189.2
(46.817)
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm)
5 5 3 3 6 10 7 9 10 11 6 5 80
Average relative humidity (%)
75 74 73 72 75 77 78 78 79 80 77 75 76
Mean monthly sunshine hours
217.0 203.4 272.8 273.0 260.4 237.0 272.8 260.4 225.0 195.3 219.0 195.3 2,831.4
Mean daily sunshine hours
7.0 7.2 8.8 9.1 8.4 7.9 8.8 8.4 7.5 6.3 7.3 6.3 7.8
Source #1: World Meteorological Organisation,[27] Climate-Charts.com[28]
Source #2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows),[29] Deutscher Wetterdienst (sun)[30]
Average Sea Temperature
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
23 °C
73 °F
23 °C
73 °F
24 °C
75 °F
26 °C
79 °F
27 °C
81 °F
28 °C
82 °F
28 °C
82 °F
28 °C
82 °F
28 °C
82 °F
27 °C
81 °F
26 °C
79 °F
24 °C
75 °F
Cityscape[edit]
Old Havana from street level, with the Capitolio in the background.
Contemporary Havana can essentially be described as three cities in one: Old Havana, Vedado, and the newer suburban districts.[citation needed] Old Havana, with its narrow streets and overhanging balconies, is the traditional centre of part of Havana's commerce, industry, and entertainment, as well as being a residential area.
To the west a newer section, centred on the uptown area known as Vedado, has become the rival of Old Havana for commercial activity and nightlife. The Capitolio Nacional building marks the beginning of Centro Habana, a working-class neighborhood that lies between Vedado and Old Havana.[31] Barrio Chino and the Real Fabrica de Tabacos Partagás, one of Cuba's oldest cigar factories is located in the area.[32]
A third Havana is that of the more affluent residential and industrial districts that spread out mostly to the west. Among these is Marianao, one of the newer parts of the city, dating mainly from the 1920s. Some of the suburban exclusivity was lost after the revolution, many of the suburban homes having been nationalized by the Cuban government to serve as schools, hospitals, and government offices. Several private country clubs were converted to public recreational centres. Miramar, located west of Vedado along the coast, remains Havana's exclusive area; mansions, foreign embassies, diplomatic residences, upscale shops, and facilities for wealthy foreigners are common in the area.[33] The International School of Havana is located in the Miramar neighborhood.
In the 1980s many parts of Old Havana, including the Plaza de Armas, became part of a projected 35-year multimillion-dollar restoration project, for Cubans to appreciate their past and boost tourism. In the past ten years, with the assistance of foreign aid and under the support of local city historian Eusebio Leal Spengler, large parts of Habana Vieja have been renovated. The city is moving forward with their renovations, with most of the major plazas (Plaza Vieja, Plaza de la Catedral, Plaza de San Francisco and Plaza de Armas) and major tourist streets (Obispo and Mercaderes) near completion.
Districts[edit]
The city is divided into 15 municipalities[34] – or boroughs, which are further subdivided into 105 wards[35] (consejos populares). (Numbers refer to map).
Havana district map
Playa: Santa Fe, Siboney, Cubanacán, Ampliación Almendares, Miramar, Sierra, Ceiba, Buena Vista.
Plaza de la Revolución: El Carmelo, Vedado-Malecón, Rampa, Príncipe, Plaza, Nuevo Vedado-Puentes Grandes, Colón-Nuevo Vedado, Vedado.
Centro Habana: Cayo Hueso, Pueblo Nuevo, Los Sitios, Dragones, Colón.
La Habana Vieja: Prado, Catedral, Plaza Vieja, Belén, San Isidro, Jesús María, Tallapiedra.
Regla: Guaicanimar, Loma Modelo, Casablanca.
La Habana del Este: Camilo Cienfuegos, Cojímar, Guiteras, Alturas de Alamar, Alamar Este, Guanabo, Campo Florido, Alamar-Playa.
Guanabacoa: Mañana-Habana Nueva, Villa I, Villa II, Chivas-Roble, Debeche-Nalon, Hata-Naranjo, Peñalver-Bacuranao, Minas-Barreras.
San Miguel del Padrón: Rocafort, Luyanó Moderno, Diezmero, San Francisco de Paula, Dolores-Veracruz, Jacomino.
Diez de Octubre: Luyanó, Jesús del Monte, Lawton, Vista Alegre, Goyle, Sevillano, La Víbora, Santos Suárez, Tamarindo.
Cerro: Latinoamericano, Pilar-Atares, Cerro, Las Cañas, El Canal, Palatino, Armada.
Marianao: CAI-Los Ángeles, Pocito-Palmas, Zamora-Cocosolo, Libertad, Pogoloti-Belén-Finlay, Santa Felicia.
La Lisa : Alturas de La Lisa, Balcón Arimao, El Cano-Valle Grande-Bello 26 y Morado, Punta Brava, Arroyo Arenas, San Agustín, Versalles-Coronela.
Boyeros: Santiago de Las Vegas, Nuevo Santiago, Boyeros, Wajay, Calabazar, Altahabana-Capdevila, Armada-Aldabó.
Arroyo Naranjo: Los Pinos, Poey, Víbora Park, Mantilla, Párraga, Calvario-Fraternidad, Guinera, Eléctrico, Managua, Callejas.
Cotorro: San Pedro-Centro Cotorro, Santa Maria del Rosario, Lotería, Cuatro Caminos, Magdalena-Torriente, Alberro.
Architecture[edit]
Capitolio Nacional
Neo-classical architecture
Historic Hotel Plaza
Manzana de Gomez Shopping Center
Neo-baroque apartment building
San Lázaro Street
Hotel Saratoga
The Focsa residential skyscraper
Due to Havana's almost five hundred-year existence, the city boasts some of the most diverse styles of architecture in the world, from castles built in the late 16th century to modernist present-day high-rises. The present condition of many buildings in Havana has deteriorated since the 1959 Revolution.[36] Numerous collapses have resulted in injuries and deaths due to a lack of maintenance and crumbling structures.[37]
Neoclassical
Neoclassism was introduced into the city in the 1840s, at the time including Gas public lighting in 1848 and the railroad in 1837. In the second half of the 18th century, sugar and coffee production increased rapidly, which became essential in the development of Havana's most prominent architectural style. Many wealthy Habaneros took their inspiration from the French; this can be seen within the interiors of upper class houses such as the Aldama Palace built in 1844. This is considered the most important neoclassical residential building in Cuba and typifies the design of many houses of this period with portales of neoclassical columns facing open spaces or courtyards.
In 1925 Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier, the head of urban planning in Paris moved to Havana for five years to collaborate with architects and landscape designers. In the master planning of the city his aim was to create a harmonic balance between the classical built form and the tropical landscape. He embraced and connected the city's road networks while accentuating prominent landmarks. His influence has left a huge mark on Havana although many of his ideas were cut short by the great depression in 1929. During the first decades of the 20th century Havana expanded more rapidly than at any time during its history. Great wealth prompted architectural styles to be influenced from abroad. The peak of Neoclassicism came with the construction of the Vedado district (begun in 1859). This whole neighborhood is littered with set back well-proportioned buildings.
Colonial and Baroque
Riches were brought from the colonialists into and through Havana as it was a key transshipment point between the new world and old world. As a result, Havana was the most heavily fortified city in the Americas. Most examples of early architecture can be seen in military fortifications such as La Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabana (1558–1577) designed by Battista Antonelli and the Castillo del Morro (1589–1630). This sits at the entrance of Havana Bay and provides an insight into the supremacy and wealth at that time.
Old Havana was also protected by a defensive wall begun in 1674 but had already overgrown its boundaries when it was completed in 1767, becoming the new neighbourhood of Centro Habana. The influence from different styles and cultures can be seen in Havana's colonial architecture, with a diverse range of Moorish architecture, Spanish, Italian, Greek and Roman. The San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary (18th century) is a good example of early Spanish influenced architecture. The Havana cathedral (1748–1777) dominating the Plaza de la Catedral (1749) is the best example of Cuban Baroque. Surrounding it are the former palaces of the Count de Casa-Bayona (1720–1746) Marquis de Arcos (1746) and the Marquis de Aguas Claras (1751–1775).
Art Deco and Eclectic
The first echoes of the Art Deco movement in Havana started in 1927, in the residential area of Miramar.[38] The Edificio Bacardi (1930) is thought to be the best example of Art-deco architecture in the city and first tall Art Deco building as well,[38] followed by the Hotel Nacional de Cuba (1930) and The Lopez Serrano building built in 1932 by Ricardo Mira inspired by the Rockefeller Center in New York City. The year 1928 marked the beginning of the reaction against the Spanish Renaissance style architecture, Art Deco started in the lush and wealthy suburbs of Miramar, Marianao, and Vedado.[38]
The city's eclectic architectural sights begins in Centro Habana.[39] The Central Railway Terminal (1912), and the Museum of the Revolution (1920) are example of Eclectic architecture.
Modernism
Many high-rise office buildings, and apartment complexes, along with some hotels built in the 1950s dramatically altered the skyline. Modernism, therefore, transformed much of the city and is known its individual buildings of high quality rather than its larger key buildings. Examples of the latter are Habana Libre (1958), which before the revolution was the Havana Hilton Hotel and La Rampa movie theater (1955).
Famous architects such as Walter Gropius, Richard Neutra and Oscar Niemeyer all passed through the city,[40] while strong influences can be seen in Havana at this time from Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.[41] The Edificio Focsa (1956) represents Havana's economic dominance at the time. This 35-story complex was conceived and based on Corbusian ideas of a self-contained city within a city. It contained 400 apartments, garages, a school, a supermarket, and restaurant on the top floor. This was the tallest concrete structure in the world at the time (using no steel frame) and the ultimate symbol of luxury and excess. The Havana Riviera Hotel (1957) designed by Irving Feldman, a twenty-one-story edifice, when it opened, the Riviera was the largest purpose-built casino-hotel in Cuba or anywhere in the world, outside Las Vegas (the Havana Hilton (1958) surpassed its size a year later).
Landmarks and historical centres[edit]
The main square in central Havana in 1762 during the British occupation
Habana Vieja: contains the core of the original city of Havana. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Lighthouse and the Castle of Tres Reyes del Morro, have become symbols of Havana.
Plaza Vieja: a plaza in Old Havana, it was the site of executions, processions, bullfights, and fiestas.
Fortress San Carlos de la Cabaña, a fortress located on the east side of the Havana bay, La Cabaña is the most impressive fortress from colonial times, particularly its walls constructed at the end of the 18th century.
El Capitolio Nacional: built in 1929 as the Senate and House of Representatives, the colossal building is recognizable by its dome which dominates the city's skyline. Inside stands the third largest indoor statue in the world, La Estatua de la República. Nowadays, the Cuban Academy of Sciences headquarters and the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (the National Museum of Natural History) has its venue within the building and contains the largest natural history collection in the country.
El Morro Castle: is a fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay; Morro Castle was built because of the threat to the harbor from pirates.
Fortress San Salvador de la Punta: a small fortress built in the 16th century, at the western entry point to the Havana harbour, it played a crucial role in the defence of Havana during the initial centuries of colonisation. It houses some twenty old guns and military antiques.
Christ of Havana: Havana's 20-meter (66 ft) marble statue of Christ (1958) blesses the city from the east hillside of the bay, much like the famous Cristo Redentor in Rio de Janeiro.
The Great Theatre of Havana: is an opera house famous particularly for the National Ballet of Cuba, it sometimes hosts performances by the National Opera. The theater is also known as concert hall, García Lorca, the biggest in Cuba.
The Malecon/Sea wall: is the avenue that runs along the north coast of the city, beside the seawall. The Malecón is the most popular avenue of Havana, it is known for its sunsets.
Hotel Nacional de Cuba: an Art Deco National Hotel famous in the 1950s as a gambling and entertainment complex.
Museo de la Revolución: located in the former Presidential Palace, with the yacht Granma on display behind the museum.
Necrópolis Cristóbal Colón: a cemetery and open-air museum,[42] it is one of the most famous cemeteries in Latin America, known for its beauty and magnificence. The cemetery was built in 1876 and has nearly one million tombs. Some gravestones are decorated with sculpture by Ramos Blancos, among others.
Coat of arms[edit]
Main article: Seal of Havana
Culture[edit]
Havana at night
Havana, by far the leading cultural centre of the country, offers a wide variety of features that range from museums, palaces, public squares, avenues, churches, fortresses (including the largest fortified complex in the Americas dating from the 16th through 18th centuries), ballet and from art and musical festivals to exhibitions of technology. The restoration of Old Havana offered a number of new attractions, including a museum to house relics of the Cuban revolution. The government placed special emphasis on cultural activities, many of which are free or involve only a minimal charge.
Old Havana[edit]
Main article: Old Havana
El Capitolio
Old Havana, (La Habana Vieja in Spanish), contains the core of the original city of Havana, with more than 2,000 hectares it exhibits almost all the Western architectural styles seen in the New World. La Habana Vieja was founded by the Spanish in 1519 in the natural harbor of the Bay of Havana. It became a stopping point for the treasure laden Spanish Galleons on the crossing between the New World and the Old World. In the 17th century it was one of the main shipbuilding centers. The city was built in baroque and neoclassic style.
Many buildings have fallen in ruin but a number are being restored. The narrow streets of Old Havana contain many buildings, accounting for perhaps as many as one-third of the approximately 3,000 buildings found in Old Havana.[43]
Old Havana is the ancient city formed from the port, the official center and the Plaza de Armas. Alejo Carpentier called Old Havana the place "de las columnas" (of the columns). The Cuban government is taking many steps to preserve and to restore Old Havana, through the Office of the city historian, directed by Eusebio Leal.[44] Old Havana and its fortifications were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1982. The beauty of Old Havana City attracts millions of tourists each year who enjoy its rich old culture and folk music.[45]
In spring 2015, the largest open-air art exhibition ever in Cuba took in front of the basilica on the Plaza San Francisco de Asis: Over eight weeks the United Buddy Bears visited Havana.[46] United Buddy Bears exhibitions are part of a non-commercial and non-profit project. The main aim is to promote the idea of tolerance and mutual understanding between countries, cultures and religions and to communicate a vision of a future peaceful world.[47]
Barrio Chino[edit]
Further information: Chinese Cuban
Barrio Chino in Centro Habana
Barrio Chino was once Latin America's largest and most vibrant Chinese community,[48][49][50] incorporated into the city by the early part of the 20th century. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers were brought in by Spanish settlers from Guangdong, Fujian, Hong Kong, and Macau via Manila, Philippines[51] starting in the mid-19th century to replace or work alongside African slaves.[52] After completing 8-year contracts, many Chinese immigrants settled permanently in Havana.
The first 206 Chinese-born arrived in Havana on June 3, 1847.[53] The neighborhood was booming with Chinese restaurants, laundries, banks, pharmacies, theaters and several Chinese-language newspapers, the neighborhood comprised 44 square blocks during its prime.[48][52] The heart of Barrio Chino is on el Cuchillo de Zanja (or The Zanja Canal). The strip is a pedestrian-only street adorned with many red lanterns, dancing red paper dragons and other Chinese cultural designs, there is a great number of restaurants that serve a full spectrum of Chinese dishes – unfortunately that 'spectrum' is said by many[who?] not to be related to real Chinese cuisine.
The district has two paifang, the larger one located on Calle Dragones. China donated the materials in the late 1990s.[54] It has a well defined written welcoming sign in Chinese and Spanish. The smaller arch is located on Zanja strip. The Cuban's Chinese boom ended when Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution seized private businesses, sending tens of thousands of business-minded Chinese fleeing, mainly to the United States. Descendants are now making efforts to preserve and revive the culture.[49]
Visual arts[edit]
Museo de la Revolución
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
Great Theatre of Havana
The National Museum of Fine Arts (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes) is a Fine Arts museum that exhibits Cuban and International art collections. The museum houses one of the largest collections of paintings and sculpture from Latin America and is the largest in the Caribbean region.[55] Under the Cuban Ministry of Culture, it occupies two locations in the vicinity of Havana's Paseo del Prado, these are the Palace of Fine Arts, devoted to Cuban art and the Palace of the Asturian Center, dedicated to universal art.[56] Its artistic heritage is made up of over 45,000 pieces.[57]
The Museum of the Revolution (Museo de la Revolución), designed in Havana by Cuban architect Carlos Maruri, and the Belgian Paul Belau, who came up with an eclectic design, harmoniously combines Spanish, French and German architectural elements. The museum was the Presidential Palace in the capital; today, its displays and documents outline Cuba's history from the beginning of the neo-colonial period.
The neo-classical mansion of the Countess of Revilla de Camargo, today it is the Museum of Decorative Arts (Museo de Artes Decorativas), known as the "small French Palace of Havana" built between 1924 and 1927, it was designed in Paris inspired in French Renaissance.[58] The museum has been exhibiting more than 33,000 works dating from the reigns of Louis XV, Louis XVI, and Napoleon III; as well as 16th to 20th century Oriental pieces, among many other treasures.[59] The Museum has ten permanent exhibit halls. Among them are prominent porcelain articles from the factories in Sèvres and Chantilly, France; Meissen, Germany; and Wedgwood, England, as well as Chinese from the Qianlong Emperor period and Japanese from the Imari. The furniture comes from Stéphane Boudin, Jean Henri Riesener and several others.
Several museums in Old Havana houses furniture, silverware, pottery, glass and other items from the colonial period. One of these is the Palacio de los Capitanes Generales, where Spanish governors once lived. The Casa de Africa presents another aspect of Cuba's history, it houses a large collection of Afro-Cuban religious artifacts.
Other museums in the city include Casa de los Árabes (House of Arabs) and the Casa de Asia (House of Asia) with Middle and Far Eastern collections. Havana's Museo del Automobil has an impressive collection of vehicles dating back to a 1905 Cadillac.
While most museums of Havana are situated in Old Havana, few of them can also be found in Vedado. In total, Havana has around 50 museums, including the National Museum of Music; the Museum of Dance and Rum; the Cigar Museum; the Napoleonic, Colonial and Oricha Museums; the Museum of Anthropology; the Ernest Hemingway Museum; the José Martí Monument; the Aircraft Museum (Museo del Aire).
There are also museums of Natural Sciences, the City, Archeology, Gold-and-Silverwork, Perfume, Pharmaceuticals, Sports, Numismatics, and Weapons.
Performing arts[edit]
Facing Havana's Central Park is the baroque Great Theatre of Havana, a prominent theatre built in 1837.[60] It is now home of the National Ballet of Cuba and the International Ballet Festival of Havana, one of the oldest in the New World. The façade of the building is adorned with a stone and marble statue. There are also sculptural pieces by Giuseppe Moretti,[61] representing allegories depicting benevolence, education, music and theatre. The principal theatre is the García Lorca Auditorium, with seats for 1,500 and balconies. Glories of its rich history; the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso sang, the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova danced, and the French Sarah Bernhardt acted.
Other important theatres in the city includes the National Theater of Cuba, housed in a huge modern building located in Plaza de la Revolucion, decorated with works by Cuban artists. The National Theater includes two main theatre stages, the Avellaneda Auditorium and the Covarrubias Auditorium, as well as a smaller theatre workshop space on the ninth floor.
The Karl Marx Theater with its large auditorium have a seating capacity of 5,500 spectators, is generally used for concerts and other events, it is also one of the venues for the annual Havana Film Festival.
Banrarra Afro-Cuban dance troupe
Cuban dance troupe
Payret Cinema
Ballet Nacional de Cuba performing at the Great Theatre
García Lorca Hall at the Great Theatre
Festivals[edit]
Further information: Festivals in Havana
Havana Film Festival (The International Festival of New Latin American Cinema)
International Ballet Festival of Havana
Havana International Jazz Festival
Tourism[edit]
The Meliá Cohiba high-rise
View towards Línea street
Havana attracts over a million tourists annually,[12] the Official Census for Havana reports that in 2010 the city was visited by 1,176,627 international tourists,[12] a 20% increase from 2005.
The city has long been a popular attraction for tourists. Between 1915 and 1930, Havana hosted more tourists than any other location in the Caribbean.[62] The influx was due in large part to Cuba's proximity to the United States, where restrictive prohibition on alcohol and other pastimes stood in stark contrast to the island's traditionally relaxed attitude to leisure pursuits. A pamphlet published by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, WI, between 1921 and 1939 promoting tourism in Havana, Cuba, can be found in the University of Houston Digital Library, Havana, Cuba, The Summer Land of the World, Digital Collection.
With the deterioration of Cuba – United States relations and the imposition of the trade embargo on the island in 1961, tourism dropped drastically and did not return to anything close to its pre-revolution levels until 1989. The revolutionary government in general, and Fidel Castro in particular, initially opposed any considerable development of the tourism industry, linking it to the debauchery and criminal activities of times past. In the late 1970s, however, Castro changed his stance and, in 1982, the Cuban government passed a foreign investment code which opened a number of sectors, tourism included, to foreign capital.
Through the creation of firms open to such foreign investment (such as Cubanacan), Cuba began to attract capital for hotel development, managing to increase the number of tourists from 130,000 (in 1980) to 326,000 (by the end of that decade).
Havana has also been a popular health tourism destination for more than 20 years. Foreign patients travel to Cuba, Havana in particular, for a wide range of treatments including eye-surgery, neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease, and orthopaedics. Many patients are from Latin America, although medical treatment for retinitis pigmentosa, often known as night blindness, has attracted many patients from Europe and North America.[63][64]
Sight-seeing bus
Cruise at the Sierra Maestra Terminal
Wedding photoshoot in Havana
Economy[edit]
Industry[edit]
M V Leyden freighter in the harbor
Lonja del Comercio building
Havana has a diversified economy, with traditional sectors, such as manufacturing, construction, transportation and communications, and new or revived ones such as biotechnology and tourism.
The city's economy first developed on the basis of its location, which made it one of the early great trade centres in the New World. Sugar and a flourishing slave trade first brought riches to the city, and later, after independence, it became a renowned resort. Despite efforts by Fidel Castro's government to spread Cuba's industrial activity to all parts of the island, Havana remains the centre of much of the nation's industry.
The traditional sugar industry, upon which the island's economy has been based for three centuries, is centred elsewhere on the island and controls some three-fourths of the export economy. But light manufacturing facilities, meat-packing plants, and chemical and pharmaceutical operations are concentrated in Havana. Other food-processing industries are also important, along with shipbuilding, vehicle manufacturing, production of alcoholic beverages (particularly rum), textiles, and tobacco products, particularly the world-famous Habanos cigars.[65] Although the harbours of Cienfuegos and Matanzas, in particular, have been developed under the revolutionary government, Havana remains Cuba's primary port facility; 50% of Cuban imports and exports pass through Havana. The port also supports a considerable fishing industry.
In 2000, nearly 89% of the city's officially recorded labour force worked for government-run agencies, institutions or enterprises. Havana, on average, has the country's highest incomes and human development indicators. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cuba re-emphasized tourism as a major industry leading to its recovery. Tourism is now Havana and Cuba's primary economic source.[66]
Havana's economy is still in flux, despite Raul Castro's embrace of free enterprise in 2011. Though there was an uptick in small businesses in 2011, many have since gone out of business, due to lack of business and income on the part of the local residents, whose salaries average $20 per month.[67]
Commerce and finance[edit]
After the Revolution, Cuba's traditional capitalist free-enterprise system was replaced by a heavily socialized economic system. In Havana, Cuban-owned businesses and U.S.-owned businesses were nationalized and today most businesses operate solely under state control.
In Old Havana and throughout Vedado there are several small private businesses, such as shoe-repair shops or dressmaking facilities. Banking as well is also under state control, and the National Bank of Cuba, headquartered in Havana, is the control center of the Cuban economy. Its branches in some cases occupy buildings that were in pre-revolutionary times the offices of Cuban or foreign banks.
In the late 1990s Vedado, located along the atlantic waterfront, started to represent the principal commercial area. It was developed extensively between 1930 and 1960, when Havana developed as a major destination for U.S. tourists; high-rise hotels, casinos, restaurants, and upscale commercial establishments, many reflecting the art deco style.[68]
Vedado is today Havana's financial district, the main banks, airline companies offices, shops, most businesses headquarters, numerous high-rise apartments and hotels, are located in the area.[69] The University of Havana is located in Vedado.
Demographics[edit]
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±%
1750
70,000 —
1931
728,500 +940.7%
1943
946,000 +29.9%
1953
1,223,900 +29.4%
1960
1,529,800 +25.0%
1975
1,917,500 +25.3%
1981
1,929,400 +0.6%
1990
2,107,500 +9.2%
1997
2,197,700 +4.3%
2002
2,204,028 +0.3%
2005
2,181,324 −1.0%
2009
2,141,993 −1.8%
2012
2,106,146 −1.7%
Russian Orthodox Cathedral Our Lady of Kazan
By the end of 2012 official Census, 19.1% of the population of Cuba lived in Havana.[2] According to the census of 2012, the population was 2,106,146[70] The city has an average life expectancy of 76.81 years at birth.[2] In 2009, there were 1,924 people living with HIV/AIDS in the city, 78.9% of these are men, and 21.1% being women.[71]
According to the 2012 official census (the Cuban census and similar studies use the term "skin colour" instead of "race").[70]
White: 58.4%, (Spanish descent were most common)[70][72]
Mestizo or Mulatto (mixed race): 26.4%
Black: 15.2%
Asian: 0.2%[72]
There are few mestizos in contrast to many other Latin American countries, because the Native Indian population was virtually wiped out by Eurasian diseases in colonial times.[73]
Havana agglomeration grew rapidly during the first half of the 20th century reaching 1 million inhabitants in the 1943 census. The con-urbanization expanded over the Havana municipality borders into neighbor municipalities of Marianao, Regla and Guanabacoa. Starting from the 1980s, the city's population is growing slowly as a result of balanced development policies, low birth rate, its relatively high rate of emigration abroad, and controlled domestic migration. Because of the city and country's low birth rate and high life expectancy,[74][75] its age structure is similar to a developed country, with Havana having an even higher proportion of elderly than the country as a whole.[2]
The Cuban government controls the movement of people into Havana on the grounds that the Havana metropolitan area (home to nearly 20% of the country's population) is overstretched in terms of land use, water, electricity, transportation, and other elements of the urban infrastructure. There is a population of internal migrants to Havana nicknamed "palestinos" (Palestinians),[76] sometimes considered a racist term,[77] these mostly hail from the eastern region of Oriente.[78]
The city's significant minority of Chinese, mostly Cantonese ancestors, were brought in the mid-19th century by Spanish settlers via the Philippines with work contracts and after completing 8-year contracts many Chinese immigrants settled permanently in Havana.[72] Before the revolution the Chinese population counted to over 200,000,[79] today, Chinese ancestors could count up to 100,000.[80] Chinese born/ native Chinese (mostly Cantonese as well) are around 400 presently.[81] There are some 3,000 Russians living in the city; as reported by the Russian Embassy in Havana, most are women married to Cubans who had studied in the Soviet Union.[82] Havana also shelters other non-Cuban population of an unknown size. There is a population of several thousand North African teen and pre-teen refugees.[83]
Religion[edit]
Roman Catholics form the largest religious group in Havana. Havana is one of the three Metropolitan sees on the island (the others being Camaguëy and Santiago), with two suffragan bishoprics: Matanzas and Pinar del Río. Its patron saint is San Cristobal (Saint Christopher), to whom the cathedral is devoted. it also has a minor basilica, Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre and two other national shrines, Jesús Nazareno del Rescate and San Lázaro (El Rincón). It received papal visits from three successive supreme pontiffs: Pope John Paul II (January 1998), Pope Benedict XVI (March 2012) and Pope Francis (September 2015).
The Jewish community in Havana has reduced after the Revolution from once having embraced more than 15,000 Jews,[84] many of whom had fled Nazi persecution and subsequently left Cuba to Miami or moved to Israel after Castro took to power in 1959. The city once had five synagogues, but only three remain (one Orthodox, and two Conservative: one Conservative Ashkenazi and one Conservative Sephardic), Beth Shalom Grand Synagogue is one of them and another that is a hybrid of all 3 put together. In February 2007 the New York Times estimated that there were about 1,500 known Jews living in Havana.[85]
Poverty and slums[edit]
Housing Units and Population of Havana Slums[86][87]
Housing type
Year
Units
Population
% of Total Pop.
cuartería(a) 2001 60,754 206,564 9.4
slums/ ghetto 2001 21,552 72,986 3.3
shelters 1997 2,758 9,178 0.4
(a)A cuartería (or ciudadela, solar) is a large inner-city old mansion or hotel or
boarding house subdivided into rooms, sometimes with over 60 families.[88]
The years after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the city, and Cuba in general have suffered decades of economic deterioration.[89] The national government does not have an official definition of poverty.[90] The government researchers argue that "poverty" in most commonly accepted meanings does not really exist in Cuba, but rather that there is a sector of the population that can be described as "at risk" or "vulnerable" using internationally accepted measures.[90]
The generic term "slum" is seldom used in Cuba, substandard housing is described: housing type, housing conditions, building materials, and settlement type. The National Housing Institute considers units in solares (a large inner-city mansion or older hotel or boarding house subdivided into rooms, sometimes with over 60 families)[88] and shanty towns to be the "precarious housing stock" and tracks their number. Most slum units are concentrated in the inner-city municipalities of Old Havana and Centro Habana, as well as such neighbourhoods as Atarés in Regla.[87] People living in slums have access to the same education, health care, job opportunities and social security as those who live in formerly privileged neighbourhoods. Shanty towns are scattered throughout the city except for in a few central areas.[87]
Over 9% of Havana's population live in cuartería (solares, ciudadela), 3.3% in shanty towns, and 0.3% in refugee shelters.[86][87] This does not include an estimate of the number of people living in housing in "fair" or "poor" condition because in many cases these units do not necessarily constitute slum housing but rather are basically sound dwellings needing repairs. According to Instituto Nacional de Vivienda (National Housing Institute) official figures, in 2001, 64% of Havana's 586,768 units were considered in "good" condition, up from 50% in 1990. Some 20% were in "fair" condition and 16% in "poor" condition.[87] Partial or total building collapses are not uncommon, although the number had been cut in half by the end of the 1990s as the worst units disappeared and others were repaired. Buildings in Old Havana and Centro Habana are especially exposed to the elements: high humidity, the corrosive effects of salt spray from proximity to the coast, and occasional flooding.
Transport[edit]
Public city buses (Omnibus Metropolitanos OM)
The Harbor Tunnel connects the city center with Habana del Este
The Port of Havana
Polski Fiat 126p in the street of Havana
Urban buses[edit]
The city's public buses are carried out by two divisions, Metrobús and Omnibus Metropolitanos.
Metrobus
Main article: Havana MetroBus
The Metrobus serves the inner-city urban area, with a maximum distance of 20 km (12 mi).[91] Its fleet have been modernized, but formerly in 2006 were known as "camellos" (camels). The camellos operated on the busiest routes and were trailers transformed into buses known as camels, so called for their two humps. The Metrobus consists of 17 main lines, identified with the letter "P" with long-distance routes. The stops are usually 800–1,000 metres (2,600–3,300 ft), with frequent buses in peak hours, about every 10 minutes. It uses large modern articulated buses, such as the Chinese-made Yutong brand, Russian-made Liaz, or MAZ of Belarus.
Omnibus Metropolitanos
The Omnibus Metropolitanos (OM), known as the Metrobus feeder line, connects the adjacent towns and cities in the metropolitan area with the city center, with a maximum distance of 40 km (25 mi).[91] This division has one of the most used and largest urban bus fleets in the country, its fleet is made up of mostly new Chinese Yutong buses,[92] but as well older Busscar buses. In 2008 the Cuban government invested millions of dollars for the acquisition of 1,500 new Yutong urban buses.
Airports[edit]
Havana is served by José Martí International Airport. The Airport lies about 11 kilometres (7 mi) south of the city center, in the municipality of Boyeros, and is the main hub for the country's flag carrier Cubana de Aviación. The airport is Cuba's main international and domestic gateway, it connects Havana with the rest of the Caribbean, North, Central and South America, Europe and one destination in Africa.
The city is also served by Playa Baracoa Airport which is small airport to the west of city used for some domestic flights, primarily Aerogaviota.
Rail[edit]
See also: Havana Suburban Railway
Havana has a network of suburban, interurban and long-distance rail lines. The railways are nationalised and run by the FFCC (Ferrocarriles de Cuba – Railways of Cuba). The FFCC connects Havana with all the provinces of Cuba. The main railway stations are: Central Rail Station, La Coubre Rail Station, Casablanca Station, and Estación de Tulipán.
In 2004 the annual passenger volume was some 11 million,[91] but demand is estimated at two-and-a-half to three times this value, with the busiest route being between Havana and Santiago de Cuba, some 836 kilometres (519 mi) apart by rail. In 2000 the Union de Ferrocarriles de Cuba bought French first class airconditioned coaches.
In the 1980s there were plans for a Metro system in Havana similar to Moscow's, as a result of the Soviet Union influence in Cuba at the time. The studies of geology and finance made by Cuban, Czech and Soviet specialists were already well advanced in the 1980s.[93] The Cuban press showed the construction project and the course route, linking municipalities and neighborhoods in the capital.[93] In the late 1980s the project had already begun, each mile of track was worth a million dollars at the time, but with the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 the project was later dropped.[93]
Interurban (tram)[edit]
An interurban line, known as the Hershey Electric Railway, built in 1917 runs from Casablanca (across the harbor from Old Havana) to Hershey and on to Matanzas.[94]
Ferry[edit]
Ferries connect Old Havana with Regla and Casablanca, leaving every 10–15 minutes from Muelle Luz (at the foot of Santa Clara Street). The fare is CUP 0.20¢ (city residents) or CUC $1 (foreigners).[95]
Roads[edit]
The city's road network is quite extensive, and has broad avenues, main streets and major access roads to the city such as the Autopista Nacional (A1), Carretera Central and Via Blanca. The road network has been under construction and growth since the colonial era, is currently undergoing a major deterioration due to low maintenance.[96]
Motorways (autopistas) include:
A1 – Autopista Nacional, from Havana to Santa Clara and Sancti Spiritus, with additional short sections near Santiago and Guantanamo
A4 – Autopista Este-Oeste, from Havana to Pinar del Río
Via Blanca, to Matanzas and Varadero
Havana ring road (Spanish: Primer anillo), which starts at a tunnel under the entrance to Havana Harbor
Autopista del Mediodia, from Havana to San Antonio de los Baños
an autopista from Havana to Melena del Sur
an autopista from Havana to Mariel
The cars in Havana, 2014
Administration[edit]
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff at Revolution Square.
Cuban President Raúl Castro and Russian Dmitry Medvedev at Revolution Square.
The current mayor of Havana (President of the People's Power Provincial Assembly) is Marta Hernández Romero,[10] she was elected on March 5, 2011.[97]
The city is administered by a city-provincial council, with a mayor as chief administrative officer, thus Havana functions as both a city and a province. The city has little autonomy and is dependent upon the national government, particularly, for much of its budgetary and overall political direction.
The national government is headquartered in Havana and plays an extremely visible role in the city's life. Moreover, the all-embracing authority of many national institutions has led to a declining role for the city government, which, nevertheless, still provides much of the essential services and has competences in education, health care, city public transport, garbage collection, small industry, agriculture, etc.
Voters elect delegates to Municipal Assemblies in competitive elections. There is only one political party, the Communist Party, but since there must be a minimum of two candidates, members of the Communist Party often run against each other. Candidates are not required to be members of the party. They are nominated directly by citizens in open meetings within each election district. Municipal Assembly delegates in turn elect members of the Provincial Assembly, which in Havana serves roughly as the City Council; its president functions as the Mayor. There are direct elections for deputies to the National Assembly based on slates, and a portion of the candidates is nominated at the local level. The People's Councils (Consejos Populares) consist of local municipal delegates who elect a full-time representative to preside over the body. In addition, there is participation from "mass organisations" and representatives of local government agencies, industries and services. The 105 People's Councils in Havana cover an average of 20,000 residents.
Havana city borders are contiguous with the Mayabeque Province on the south and east and to Artemisa Province on the west, since former La Habana Province (rural) was abolished in 2010.
Comite Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba (Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party).
Infrastructure[edit]
Education[edit]
University of Havana
San Gerónimo College
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Havana
Further information: Education in Cuba
The national government assumes all responsibility for education, and there are adequate primary, secondary, and vocational training schools throughout Cuba. The schools are of varying quality and education is free and compulsory at all levels except higher learning, which is also free.
The University of Havana, located in the Vedado section of Havana, was established in 1728 and was regarded as a leading institution of higher learning in the Western Hemisphere. Soon after the Revolution, the university, as well as all other educational institutions, were nationalized. Since then several other universities have opened, like the Higher Learning Polytechnic Institute José Antonio Echeverría where the vast majority of today's Cuban engineers are taught.
The Cuban National Ballet School with 4,350 students is one of the largest ballet schools in the world and the most prestigious ballet school in Cuba.[98]
Health[edit]
Further information: Healthcare in Cuba
All Cuban residents have free access to health care in hospitals,[99] local polyclinics, and neighbourhood family doctors who serve on average 170 families each,[100] which is one of the highest doctor-to-patient ratio in the world.[101] However, the health system has suffered from shortages of supplies, equipment and medications caused by ending of the Soviet Union subsidies in the early 1990s and the US embargo.[102] Nevertheless, Havana's infant mortality rate in 2009 was 4.9 per 1,000 live births,[2] 5.12 in the country as a whole, which is lower than many developed nations,[103][104] and the lowest in the developing world.[103][104][105] Administration of the health care system for the nation is centred largely in Havana. Hospitals in Havana are run by the national government, and citizens are assigned hospitals and clinics to which they may go for attention.
Services[edit]
Utility services are under the control of several nationalized state enterprises that have developed since the Cuban revolution. Water, electricity, and sewage service are administered in this fashion. Electricity is supplied by generators that are fueled with oil. Much of the original power plant installations, which operated before the Revolutionary government assumed control, have become somewhat outdated. Electrical blackouts occurred, prompting the national government in 1986 to allocate the equivalent of $25,000,000 to modernize the electrical system.
Sports[edit]
Many Cubans are avid sports fans who particularly favour baseball. Havana's team in the Cuban National Series is Industriales. FCBA. The city has several large sports stadiums, the largest one is the Estadio Latinoamericano. Admission to sporting events is generally free, and impromptu games are played in neighborhoods throughout the city. Social clubs at the beaches provide facilities for water sports and include restaurants and dance halls.
Havana was host to the 11th Pan American Games in 1991.[106] Stadiums and facilities for this were built in the relatively unpopulated eastern suburbs.
Havana was host to the 1992 IAAF World Cup in Athletics.[107]
Havana was an applicant to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games and 2012 Summer Olympic Games,[108] but was not shortlisted.
Notable people[edit]
Further information: Category:People from Havana
Notable people originally from Havana:
José Martí
José R. Capablanca
Rita Montaner
Alicia Alonso
José Lezama Lima
Celia Cruz
Dulce María Loynaz
Camila Cabello
Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
Andy García
Gloria Estefan
Dave Lombardo
Gente De Zona
Descemer Bueno
International relations[edit]
Diplomatic offices[edit]
As Cuba's national capital and seat of government, Havana hosts 88 embassies (including the papal apostolic nunciature, traditionally manned by a titular archbishop). Furthermore, there are 11 consulates(-general) and a trade office.[9]
Embassies
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Austria
Bahamas
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bolivia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Canada
Cape Verde
Chile
China
Colombia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Czech Republic
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
France
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See − Vatican City
Honduras
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Republic of Ireland[109]
Iraq
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
North Korea
Laos
Lebanon
Libya
Malaysia
Mali
Mexico
Mongolia
Mozambique
Namibia
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zimbabwe

Consulates
Bangladesh
Costa Rica
Cyprus
Denmark
Dominica
Finland
Monaco
Saint Lucia
Trade Office
Armenia
Twin towns – sister cities[edit]
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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Caribbean
Havana is twinned with:
Ankara, Turkey[110]
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Barcelona, Spain[111]
Beijing, China[112]
Belgrade, Serbia[113]
Bogotá, Colombia[114]
Constanța, România[115]
Cuzco, Peru[116]
Eskişehir, Turkey
Florianópolis, Brazil
Gijón, Spain[117]
Glasgow, UK[118]
Isfahan, Iran[119]
Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico[120]
London, UK
Madrid, Spain[121]
Manila, Philippines[122]
Minsk, Belarus[123]
Mobile, United States[124]
Oaxaca, Mexico[125]
Oran, Algeria.
Rotterdam, Netherlands[126]
Saint Petersburg, Russia[127]
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic[128]
São Paulo, Brazil[129][130]
Seville, Spain[131]
Sintra, Portugal
Windhoek, Namibia[132][better source needed]
Tehran, Iran[133]
Tijuana, Mexico[134]
Note: Some of the city's municipalities are also twinned to small cities or districts of other big cities, for details see their respective articles.
In Popular Culture[edit]
Havana is a primary location and the first city able to be visited in the 2013 video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. The game portrays the city as it existed during the Golden Age of Piracy.
See also[edit]
Cuba portal
New Spain portal
Largest cities in the Americas
List of cities in the Caribbean
Notes[edit]
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^ Jump up to: a b "CIA World Fact Book". CIA World factbook. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
Jump up ^ (in English) Latin America Population – Havana city population.
Jump up ^ "Anuario Estadistico de Ciudad de La Habana" (in Spanish). ONE - Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas (National Statistics Office). Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
Jump up ^ (in English) Capital city – capital of Spanish Cuba in 1552
Jump up ^ (in English) Old Havana
Jump up ^ (in English) Spanish–American War, Effects of the Press on Spanish-American Relations in 1898
^ Jump up to: a b "Foreign Embassies in Havana". Embassy pages. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b "Provincial Assemblies of People's Power" (in Spanish). parlamentocubano.cu (Official Cuba's Parliament website). Retrieved 28 November 2011.
Jump up ^ "Workforce and Salary (Section 4.5)" (in Spanish and English). ONE- Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas - Republica de Cuba. Archived from the original on 2010-12-16.
^ Jump up to: a b c d "Section 15 (Turismo), article 15.7 (Visitantes por mes)" (in Spanish). ONE- Oficina de Estadisticas de Cuba. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
Jump up ^ "UNESCO Official Website". UNESCO.ORG. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
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Jump up ^ Tejada, Ariel Paolo (9 May 2015). "Vigan declared 'Wonder City'". Manila: The Philippine STAR. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
Jump up ^ (in Spanish) Fundación de La Habana a orillas del Río Onicajinal o Mayabeque
Jump up ^ "San Cristobal de La Habana en el Sur". Mayabeque.blogia.com. 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
Jump up ^ Thomas, Hugh: Cuba, A pursuit of freedom, 2nd Edition, p. 1.
Jump up ^ Harbron, John D..Trafalgar and the Spanish navy, Lestrange Maritime Press, 2004, ISBN 0-87021-695-3, pp. 15–17. Havana built nearly 50% more Ships of the Line than any other Spanish dockyard during the 18th century.
Jump up ^ Pocock, Tom: Battle for Empire: The very first world war 1756-63. Chapter Six.
Jump up ^ Thomas, Hugh: Cuba: The Pursuit of Freedom 2nd edition. Chapter One
Jump up ^ Cantón Navarro, José. History of Cuba, p. 81.
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Jump up ^ Nigel Hunt. "Cuba Nationalization Laws". cuba heritage .org. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
Jump up ^ Old Havana restoration – Success on the restoration program of Havana
Jump up ^ "World Weather Information Service – Havana". Cuban Institute of Meteorology. June 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Casa Blanca, Habana, Cuba: Climate, Global Warming, and Daylight Charts and Data". Retrieved June 26, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Station La Havane" (in French). Meteo Climat. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Klimatafel von Havanna (La Habana, Obs. Casa Blanca) / Kuba" (PDF). Baseline climate means (1961–1990) from stations all over the world (in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
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Jump up ^ "Havana Miramar School". Cactuslanguage.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-08. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
Jump up ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2011. Population by Province and Municipality
Jump up ^ "Oficial Statistics for Havana" (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas de Cuba (ONE). Retrieved 27 November 2011.
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Jump up ^ "Old Havana Building Collapse Kills Four - Havana Times.org". www.havanatimes.org. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
^ Jump up to: a b c Alonso, Alejandro (2003). Havana Deco. New York: W.W. Norton and Company. pp. 3–7. ISBN 978-0-393-73232-0.
Jump up ^ Sainsbury, Brendan (2007). Havana. Lonely planet. pp. 101–02. ISBN 978-1-74104-069-2.
Jump up ^ Juliet, Barclay (1993). Havana, Portrait of a City. London: Casell. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-84403-127-6.
Jump up ^ Rodriguez, Eduardo-Luis. "Introduction". The Havana guide: modern architecture. New York City: Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 1–8. ISBN 978-1-56898-210-6.
Jump up ^ "Havana's magnificent necropolis tells a story of wealth and freedom". Carilat.de. Archived from the original on 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
Jump up ^ Travel Photos of Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin 3,000 buildings found in Old Havana
Jump up ^ Hartford Web Publishing Cuban Restoration Project Pins New Hopes on Old Havana
Jump up ^ Habana Vieja – UNESCO World Heritage List
Jump up ^ United Buddy Bears in Havana 2015
Jump up ^ Bears in Havana: Another Step for Tolerance
^ Jump up to: a b Havana's Chinatown Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. – The once largest Chinese community in Latin America
^ Jump up to: a b China Today Chinese in Cuba
Jump up ^ Embassy of Cuba in Beijing, History of Chinese in Cuba[permanent dead link] Surgido en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, el Barrio Chino de La Habana experimentó un rápido desarrollo y llegó a convertirse, en la siguiente centuria, en el más importante de América Latina.
Jump up ^ Rafael Lam "Chinese from Manila in Cuba"
^ Jump up to: a b Embassy of Cuba in Beijing-Immigration in Cuba Archived February 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ Cuba Culture "Aportes de los chinos en Cuba"
Jump up ^ El Barrio Chino de la Habana – Havana's Barrio Chino (in Spanish)
Jump up ^ "Historia del Museo Nacional". Museonacional.cult.cu (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
Jump up ^ "Centro Asturiano". MuseoNacional.cult.cu. Archived from the original on 2008-02-12. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
Jump up ^ "(ES) El Alma de la nación no se vende". Cubaweb.cu. Archived from the original on 22 August 2001. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
Jump up ^ Museo de Artes Decorativos- José Gómez Mena, one of Cuba's wealthiest aristocrats, built this house in 1927 to hold his staggering collection of antique furniture, rugs, paintings and vases.
Jump up ^ (in Spanish) Paseos por La Habana Archived October 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.-El museo guarda en su interior mobiliario antiguo, porcelana y ceramica, cristalerias, espejos, bronces y objetos ornamentales.
Jump up ^ 170 Aniversario Gran Teatro Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ (in Spanish) Radio Havana-Cuba- Existen también piezas escultóricas en las cuatro cúpulas del techo realizadas por Giuseppe Moretti.
Jump up ^ International Tourism and the Formation of Productive Clusters in the Cuban Economy Miguel Alejandro Figueras[dead link]
Jump up ^ A Novel Tourism Concept Archived January 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Caribbean News Net
Jump up ^ Cuba sells its medical expertise BBC News
Jump up ^ "The economy of Havana". Macalester.edu. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
Jump up ^ "Tourism in Cuba during the Special Period" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-16. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
Jump up ^ AP (27 December 2013). "Lack Of Customers Dooms Many Cuban Businesses". Weekly Times. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
Jump up ^ "De una casa colonial a una mansión del Vedado" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 October 2004. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
Jump up ^ "britannica.com". britannica.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b c 2012 Official Census - Province, City and ethnic group
Jump up ^ Official Census, people living with HIV/AIDS in Havana
^ Jump up to: a b c Embassy of Cuba in Beijing - History of Immigration in Cuba Archived 2009-02-03 at the Wayback Machine. "The first (immigrants) came from various regions of Spain, mostly peasants from the Canaries and Galicia, which like those from China, were subjected to conditions of living and working conditions similar to those of slaves."
Jump up ^ Byrne, Joseph Patrick (2008). Encyclopedia of Pestilence, Pandemics, and Plagues: A–M. ABC-CLIO. p. 413. ISBN 0-313-34102-8.
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Jump up ^ LARRY ROHTERPublished: October 20, 1997 (1997-10-20). "Cuba's Unwanted Refugees Squatters in Havana's Shantytowns". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
Jump up ^ AlJazeera A Palestinian filmmaker finds much in common with a homeless Cuban musician.
Jump up ^ "Castro's Cuba in Perspective". Isreview.org. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
Jump up ^ Havana's Chinatown Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. – Cuba's Chinese population before the Revolution
Jump up ^ CIA World Factbook. Cuba. 2006. September 6, 2006. Archived May 9, 2009, at WebCite
Jump up ^ In Havana there are now about 400 native Chinese, but their presence is being felt like a million ("En La Habana quedan hoy unos 400 chinos oriundos, pero su presencia se está haciendo sentir como si fueran un millón".)
Jump up ^ (in Spanish) Russians in Cuba Los rusos que se quedaron en la isla -unos 3.000 actualmente- son en su mayoría mujeres como Marina o Natalia que se casaron con cubanos que habían ido a la URSS a estudiar, indicó la embajada rusa en La Habana.
Jump up ^ "Sahrawi children inhumanely treated in Cuba, former Cuban official". MoroccoTimes.com. 31 March 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-11-25. Retrieved 2006-07-09.
Jump up ^ Present-Day Jewish Life in Cuba
Jump up ^ 1,500 Jews who live in Cuba; 1,100 reside in Havana, and the remaining 400 are spread among the provinces. In Cuba, Finding a Tiny Corner of Jewish Life.
^ Jump up to: a b INV, Instituto Nacional de la Vivienda (2001a) Boletín Estadístico Anual. 2001. INV, Havana.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e González Rego, R. 1999. "Una Primera Aproximación al Análisis Espacial de los Problemas Socioambientales en los Barrios y Focos Insalubres de Ciudad de La Habana". Facultad de Filosofía e Historia. Departamento de Sociología, Universidad de La Habana. 250 p.
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^ Jump up to: a b Angela, Ferriol Maruaga; et al: Cuba crisis, ajuste y situación social (1990−1996), La Habana, Cuba : Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 1998, Champter 1
^ Jump up to: a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 22, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2011. National Statistics Census of Cuba – Transportation p. 6
Jump up ^ "International transportation fair in Havana Business in excess of $100 million, Granma national newspaper note". Web.archive.org. 2004-10-30. Archived from the original on February 26, 2008. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
^ Jump up to: a b c Havana Metro Archived January 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Hace unos años parecía que la capital cubana tendría metro, cuando en la década de 1980 los estudios de geología y finanzas realizados por especialistas cubanos y soviéticos iban muy adelantados.
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Jump up ^ "Transporte publico en La Habana" (in Spanish). Mundo Viajero. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
Jump up ^ "Elected new president of the People's Power in Havana" (in Spanish). Radio Reloj. Archived from the original on 19 March 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
Jump up ^ (in Spanish) La Escuela Nacional de Ballet Archived 2009-06-23 at the Wayback Machine. – La Escuela desarrolla una experiencia única en el mundo, enmarcada en la Batalla de Ideas.
Jump up ^ Harvard Public Health Review/Summer 2002 Archived 2012-05-30 at Archive.is The Cuban Paradox
Jump up ^ Medical know-how boosts Cuba's wealth BBC online.
Jump up ^ Commitment to health: resources, access and services Archived July 18, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. United Nations Human Development report
Jump up ^ The effects of the U.S. embargo on medicines in Cuba have been studied in numerous reports.
• R Garfield and S Santana. Columbia University, School of Nursing, New York; "The impact of the economic crisis and the US embargo on health in Cuba" "this embargo has raised the cost of medical supplies and food Rationing, universal access to primary health services"
• American Association for World Health; Online. American Association for World Health Report. March 1997. Accessed 6 October 2006. Supplementary source : American Public Health Association website Archived August 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. "After a year-long investigation, the American Association for World Health has determined that the U.S. embargo of Cuba has dramatically harmed the health and nutrition of large numbers of ordinary Cuban citizens."
• Felipe Eduardo Sixto; An evaluation of Four decades of Cuban Healthcare Archived June 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine..
"The lack of supplies accompanied by a deterioration of basic infrastructure (potable water and sanitation) resulted in a setback of many of the previous accomplishments. The strengthening of the U.S. embargo contributed to these problems."
• Pan American Health organization; Health Situation Analysis and Trends Summary Regional Core Health Data System – Country Profile: CUBA Archived 2015-10-16 at the Wayback Machine. "The two determining factors underlying the crisis are well known. One is the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the socialist bloc, and the other is the economic embargo the Government of the United States."
• Harvard Public Health; Review/Summer 2002 : The Cuban Paradox Archived 2012-05-30 at Archive.is "Because its access to traditional sources of financing is seriously hindered by the sanctions, which until recently included all food and medicine, Cuba has received little foreign and humanitarian aid to maintain the vitality of its national programs"
• The Lancet medical journal; Role of USA in shortage of food and medicine. "The resultant lack of food and medicines to Cuba contributed to the worst epidemic of neurological disease this century."
^ Jump up to: a b United Nations World Population Prospects: 2011 revision – 2011 revision
^ Jump up to: a b CIA World Factbook 2009 Archived March 28, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "Cuba tiene la menor mortalidad infantil del mundo en desarrollo, según UNICEF". Publico.es. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
Jump up ^ "Havana '91 Quadro de Medalhas". Panamerican Games '91 (in Portuguese). quadrodemedalhas.com.
Jump up ^ "IAAF WORLD CUP IN ATHLETICS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
Jump up ^ "Olympic bids: The rivals". BBC.co.uk. 2003-07-15. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
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Jump up ^ "Kardeş Kentleri Listesi ve 5 Mayıs Avrupa Günü Kutlaması [via WaybackMachine.com]" (in Turkish). Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi – Tüm Hakları Saklıdır. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
Jump up ^ "Barcelona sister cities". W3.bcn.es. Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
Jump up ^ "Beijing-International Sister Cities". Web.archive.org. 2007-10-12. Archived from the original on May 7, 2008. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
Jump up ^ "Invitation for fraternization of Havana and Belgrade". Mfa.gov.rs. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
Jump up ^ "Bogota sister cities". W3.bcn.es. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
Jump up ^ Lista oraselor infratite cu municipiul Constanta Archived 2014-07-26 at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ www.e-volutionperu.com. "Cusco Sister Cities". Municusco.gob.pe. Archived from the original on 2011-10-12. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
Jump up ^ Gijón > La ciudad > Ciudades Hermandas > La Habana (Cuba)
Jump up ^ "Glasgow City Council – Twin cities of Glasgow". Glasgow.gov.uk. 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
Jump up ^ City of Esfahan official website – Sister Cities Archived August 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "Leon, Guanajuato Sister Cities". Leon.gob.mx. Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
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Jump up ^ Sister Cities International (2007). "Cuba Directory". Archived from the original on 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
Jump up ^ Oaxaca Sister Cities Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine. – Relación de la ciudades hermanadas con la ciudad de Oaxaca
Jump up ^ Granma – En La Habana vicealcalde de la ciudad de Rotterdam Archived January 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. La delegación visitante hará la entrega oficial de una donación de implementos deportivos, en momentos en que se celebra el aniversario 25 de las relaciones entre ambas urbes
Jump up ^ "Saint Petersburg in figures – International and Interregional Ties". Eng.gov.spb.ru. Archived from the original on 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
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Jump up ^ Lei Municipal de São Paulo 14471 de 2007 WikiSource (in Portuguese)
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Jump up ^ Windhoek#Culture
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Jump up ^ New Monument to Tijuana's sister cities – Inaugura el alcalde Kurt Honold monumento dedicado a ciudades hermanas de Tijuana
References[edit]
Eddie Lennon, Julie Napier and Farida Haqiqi. Wonderful Havana (1st ed.). Cool World Books, updated February 2013.
King, Charles Spencer (2009) Havana My Kind of Town. US: CreateSpace. ISBN 978-1-4404-3269-9.
Alicia García Santana. Havana: History and Architecture of a Romantic City. Monacelli, October 2000. ISBN 978-1-58093-052-9.
Angela, Ferriol Maruaga; et al.: Cuba crisis, ajuste y situación social (1990−1996), Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 1998. ISBN 978-959-06-0348-8.
The Rough Guide to Cuba (3rd ed.). Rough Guides, May 2005. ISBN 978-1-84353-409-9.
Barclay, Juliet (1993). Havana: Portrait of a City. London: Cassell. ISBN 978-1-84403-127-6 (2003 paperback edition). A comprehensive account of the history of Havana from the early 16th century to the end of the 19th century.
Carpentier, Alejo. La ciudad de las columnas (The city of columns). A historical review of the city from one of the major authors in the iberoamerican literature, a native of this city.
Cluster, Dick, & Rafael Hernández, History of Havana. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2006. ISBN 978-1-4039-7107-4. A social history of the city from 1519 to the present, co-authored by a Cuban writer and editor resident in Havana and an American novelist and writer of popular history.
Eguren, Gustavo. La fidelísima Habana (The very faithful Havana). A fundamental illustrated book for those who wants to know the history of La Habana, includes chronicles, articles from natives and non natives, archives documents, and more.
United Railways of Havana. Cuba: A Winter Paradise. 1908–1909, 1912–1913, 1914–1915 and 1915–1916 editions. New York, 1908, 1912, 1914 and 1915. Maps, photos and descriptions of suburban and interurban electric lines.
"Electric Traction in Cuba". Tramway & Railway World (London), April 1, 1909, pp. 243–44. Map, photos and description of Havana Central Railroad.
"The Havana Central Railroad". Electrical World (New York), April 15, 1909, pp. 911–12. Text, 4 photos.
"Three-Car Storage Battery Train". Electric Railway Journal (New York), September 28, 1912, p. 501. Photo and description of Cuban battery cars.
Berta Alfonso Gallol. Los Transportes Habaneros. Estudios Históricos. La Habana, 1991. The definitive survey (but no pictures or maps).
James A. Michener and John Kings. Six Days in Havana. University of Texas Press; first edition (1989). ISBN 978-0-292-77629-6. Interviews with close to 200 Cubans of widely assorted backgrounds and positions, and concerns how the country has progressed after 90 years of independence from Spain and under the 30-year leadership of Castro.
One more interesting note about that edition of The New York Times: On page 5, there is a short blurb mentioning, "The plan for holding a Pan-American exhibition at Buffalo has been shelved for the present owing to the unsettled condition of the public mind consequent upon the Spanish-Cuban complications." President William McKinley was assassinated at the Pan-American Exhibition when it was finally held in 1901.
Cathryn Griffith, Havana Revisited: An Architectural Heritage. W. W. Norton 2010. ISBN 978-0-393-73284-9
Guadalupe Garcia, Beyond the Walled City: Colonial Exclusion in Havana. 2015, Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520286047[1]
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Havana – Slovak
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Havana – Slovenian
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Hawana – Silesian
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Havana – Sranan Tongo
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Havana – Serbo-Croatian
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https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havanna
Havanna – Finnish
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https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havanna
Havanna – Swedish
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https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana
Havana – Tagalog
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tl
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Havana – Turkish
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Hahvaxnaz – Zhuang
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Havan – Veps
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https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Habana
La Habana – Vietnamese
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vi
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La Habana – Volapük
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Havana – Yoruba
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Havana – Zazaki
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