Centro Habana is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs (''
municipio
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''s in Spanish) in the city of
Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) 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. ,
Cuba
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. There are many retail spaces (such as ''Plaza de Carlos III'' commercial center, office buildings, hotels, bars and clubs (such as the ''Casa de la Musica'' on Galliano). A
chinatown - ''Barrio Chino'' - is also located in this district. 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.
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 .
See also
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Malecon
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Barrio de San Lázaro
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Havana Plan Piloto
The Havana Plan Piloto was a 1955–1958 urban proposal by Town Planning Associates, which included Paul Lester Wiener, Paul Schulz, the Catalan architect Josep Lluis Sert, and Seely Stevenson of Value & Knecht, Consulting Engineers, seeking ...
References
Gallery
File:Centro Habana S Lazzaro Nov 2013 bis.JPG
File:Centro Habana Lealtad Novembre 2013.JPG
File:Centro Habana Calle Hospital.JPG
File:Iglesia del Sagrado Corazon - Centro Habana.JPG, Facade of the in Calle Reina - Centro Habana.
File:Casona de la Calle Reina - Centro Habana.jpg, Casona of Calle Reina - Centro Habana
File:Puerta de los Dragones - Barrio Chino de La Habana.JPG, Main Gate of the Chinatown of Havana.
External links
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Centro Habana guia turistica- touristic guide (Spanish)
Travel and tourism.
{{Havana municipalities
Municipalities of Havana