Centro Habana is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs (''
municipio
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s'' in Spanish) in the city of
Havana
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chinatown
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- ''Barrio Chino'' - is also located here. It is a smaller municipality of Havana, and it has the highest
population density
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Centro Habana is divided into five ''consejos populares'' (wards):
Cayo Hueso,
Colón,
Dragones,
Los Sitios and
Pueblo Nuevo.
It is the part of the city located in the polygon bounded by the Malecon, the Paseo del Prado, Maximo Gómez, Arroyo and Infanta streets.
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.
Centro Habana was established as an administrative division in 1963 and later formally made its own ''municipio'' in 1976.
Demographics
In 2004, the municipality of Centro Habana had a population of 158,151.
With a total area of ,
it has a population density of . In 2023 Centro Habana had a population of 126.105.
It has a population density of .
See also
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Malecon
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Barrio de San Lázaro
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Havana Plan Piloto
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References
Gallery
File:Centro Habana S Lazzaro Nov 2013 bis.JPG, Calle Lazaro (close to the Malecon).
File:Centro Habana Lealtad Novembre 2013.JPG, Calle Lealtad.
File:Centro Habana Calle Hospital.JPG, Calle Hospital.
File:Iglesia del Sagrado Corazon - Centro Habana.JPG, in Calle Reina.
File:Casona de la Calle Reina - Centro Habana.jpg, Casona of Calle Reina.
File:Puerta de los Dragones - Barrio Chino de La Habana.JPG, Main Gate to Chinatown.
External links
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Centro Habana guia turistica- touristic guide (Spanish)
Travel and tourism.
{{Havana municipalities
Municipalities of Havana