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Havana MetroBus
The Havana MetroBus (), shortened as MB, is a public bus network serving the city of Havana, Cuba. It is the principal public transport network of the Cuban capital. Overview Formerly known as ''camellos'' or ''camelitos'' (Spanish for camels and little camels) for their two humps, the fleet of MetroBus, has been modernized, and now uses large modern articulated buses, such as the China, Chinese-made Yutong, Russian-made LiAZ, or Minsk Automobile Plant, MAZ of Belarus. The stops are usually 800–1,000 metres (2,600–3,300 ft) apart, with frequent buses in peak hours, about every 10 minutes. The network is linked to several Havana Suburban Railway, suburban rail stations. Routes The network consists of 17 main lines, all identified with the letter "P" preceding the number: *P-1: La Rosita - Playa, Havana, Playa *P-2: Alberro - Vedado *P-3: Alamar - Túnel de Línea *P-4: San Agustín - Playa, Havana, Playa - Havana Central railway station, Terminal de Trenes *P-5: San Agustín ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yutong
Yutong (officially Zhengzhou Yutong Group Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese manufacturer of commercial vehicles, especially electric buses, headquartered in Zhengzhou, Henan. Yutong also has businesses in construction machinery, real estate, and other investments. As of 2016 it was the largest bus manufacturer in the world by sales volume. History Yutong's origins can be traced to the ''Zhengzhou Bus Repair Factory'', which was established in 1963. Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd. was founded in 1993; and in March 1997, Yutong became the first bus company in China on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The following year, Yutong opened its ¥400 million ($ in 1999) Yutong Industrial Park in Zhengzhou, which was the largest bus factory in Asia at the time. By 2005, Yutong had a 22% market share of buses and coaches across China, becoming China's biggest bus manufacturer, and had won an award for being the best manufacturer in China by the World Bus Alliance. In March, Yutong began exporting b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havana Suburban Railway
The Havana Suburban Railway () is a passenger suburban rail network serving the city of Havana, capital of Cuba, and its suburbs. Owned by the national company '' Ferrocarriles de Cuba'', it represents the only suburban rail system of the Caribbean island. Overview Outside Havana, the network serves some towns of its metropolitan area in Artemisa and Mayabeque provinces. A little part of Matanzas Province is served by the only electrified line of Cuba, the Hershey Electric Railway from Havana Casablanca station to Matanzas. Havana subway plans Plans for the construction of a rapid transit network in Havana was studied in 1921. Other plans for a subway, based on Russian networks, were studied in the late 1970s and 1980s, due to the relationship between Cuba and the USSR. After the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union and the consequent lack of funds of the Cuban government, the proposal for a Havana Metro was abandoned. Routes The network consists of 8 lines, departing from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guanabacoa
Guanabacoa is a colonial township in eastern Havana, Cuba, and one of the 15 municipalities (or boroughs) of the city. It is famous for its historical Santería and is home to the first Afro-Cubans, African Cabildo (Cuba), Cabildo in Havana. Guanabacoa was briefly the capital of Cuba in 1555 after Havana was attacked by French pirate Jacques de Sores. This gave rise to the Cuban saying “Like putting Havana in Guanabacoa,” which is used to describe trying to fit something too large into a space too small. Guanabacoa was the site of the Battle of Guanabacoa, a skirmish between British and Spanish troops as part of the larger Battle of Havana (1762), Battle of Havana during the Seven Years' War. Overview The town of Guanabacoa is situated in the province of La Habana, some five kilometers (3.2 miles) to the southeast of La Habana (city) and south of the city of Regla. It rests on a small hill bordered by rivers. Guanabacoa was also the home of a small community of Florida Indians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Martí International Airport
José Martí International Airport , sometimes known by its former name Rancho Boyeros Airport (''Aeropuerto de Rancho Boyeros''), (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Aeropuerto Internacional José Martí'') is an international airport located in the municipality of Boyeros, southwest of the centre of Havana, Cuba, and is a hub for Cubana de Aviación and Aerogaviota, and former Latin American hub for the Soviet (later Russian) airline Aeroflot. It is Cuba's main international airport, and serves several million passengers each year. The facility is operated by Empresa Cubana de Aeropuertos y Servicios Aeronáuticos (ECASA). The airport lies in the municipality of Boyeros and connects Havana with the rest of the Caribbean, North, Central and South America, as well as Europe. It is named in memory of patriot and poet José Martí. Private Cuban citizens are not allowed to own aircraft; all aircraft in Cuba belong to state-owned airlines or the military. Only government- and foreign-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Capitolio
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. The building was commissioned by Cuban president Gerardo Machado and built from 1926 to 1929 under the direction of Eugenio Rayneri Piedra. History The Havana Capitol building was built on land that was a railroad terminal and used to belong to the Villanueva Railway. The project began in April 1926, during the Gerardo Machado administration. Construction was overseen by the U.S. firm of Purdy and Henderson. "El Capitolio" is 207 meters long and 91 meters wide. Although its design is often compared to the United States Capitol, it is not a replica. finish its construction they needed more than 5000 workers, 3 years, 3 months and 20 days; as well as approximately 17 million American dollars". Completed in 1929, it was the tallest building in Hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Víbora, Havana
La Víbora is a ward (''consejo popular'') within the municipality of Diez de Octubre, Havana, Cuba. Principal streets include Calzada 10 de octubre to the east, Avenida Santa Catalina to the south, and Avenida General Lacret to the north. History La Víbora was founded in 1689, as a small town where the exchange of horses would occur for caravans traveling from Havana to Güines. The town grew rapidly, and by 1698 it began to appear in local maps and chronicles. Today, it is Havana's most populated "barrio", with 23,118 inhabitants. Famous residents included Antonio Bachiller y Morales, president José Miguel Gómez, Rafael Trejo, Carlos Enríquez, Mariano Rodríguez, musician Jorge Anckermann, diplomat Raúl Roa, and Manuel Cofiño, Elena Josefina Lozano Wilson. In popular culture La Víbora is mentioned in the Broadway musical ''In the Heights'' in the song "Paciencia y Fe" ( English: "Patience and Faith"). In the song, Abuela Claudia recounts growing up in La Ví ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polytechnic José Antonio Echeverría
The today Technological University José Antonio Echeverría, in its beginnings the University City José Antonio Echeverría (CUJAE), whose old acronyms are still used for its popular recognition. With the triumph of the Revolution on January 1, 1959, a stage of revolutionary transformations at the national level began in Cuba and among the first were educational ones. Thus the conditions are created to initiate a true university reform, dreams until then unique of the great Cuban teachers: Varela, Martí, Mella, Varona and of all those who for years had fought and even given their lives to cement a worthy University that was only achieved with Fidel. It is attached to the Ministry of Higher Education of Cuba. On February 15, 2017, the National Accreditation Board awarded him the superior category of excellence, for his results in the comprehensive training of students, research and its impact on the municipality, the nation and abroad. History The history of CUJAE has i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centro Habana
Centro Habana is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs (''municipios'' in Spanish) in the city of Havana, Cuba. A chinatown - ''Barrio Chino'' - is also located here. It is a smaller municipality of Havana, and it has the highest population density. 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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havana Central Railway Station
Havana Central (; the "Central Railway Station", ) is the main railway terminal in Havana and the largest railway station in Cuba. It serves as the hub of the rail system in the country. It handles the arrival and departure of national and divisional commuter trains, and is home to the national railway company, Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Cuba (FFCC), the only intercity passenger rail transport operating in the Caribbean. The building is considered a national monument for its architectural and historical values and is, along with the stations of Santiago, Camagüey and Santa Clara, a network's divisional headquarter. Site The site of the railway station is located where the former Spanish Royal Shipyard of Havana was southeast of the Campo de Marte, and immediately outside the southernmost gate of the city. Design The eclectic architecture building has four floors and a mezzanine. On the main facade, there are two towers on Belgica Avenue representing the coat of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alamar
''For the film see Alamar (film)'' Alamar, also known as Alamar-Playa, is a district in east part of the city of La Habana in Cuba, part of the ''municipio'' of Habana del Este. This district is primarily prefabrication construction of Soviet-style architecture. Because of this, Cuban poet Juan Carlos Flores has described it as "The Heart of The Russian Barrio". The president of the ward is Margarita Basilia Araujo Suárez. Geography The ward (''consejo popular'') is located by the Atlantic coast and is surrounded by the wards of Alamar Este, Alturas de Alamar, Cojímar and Guiteras. Hip-hop scene Alamar is one of many barrio ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city delimited by functional (e.g. residential, comm ...s (housing projects) in Cuba that is home to a growing Hip-Hop scene. Located at the periphery of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vedado
Vedado (, ) is a central business district and urban neighborhood in the city of Havana, Cuba. Bordered on the east by Calzada de Infanta and Centro Habana, Cuba, Central Havana, and on the west by the Alemendares River and Miramar, Havana, Miramar / Playa, Havana, Playa district, Vedado is a more modern part of the city than the areas to the east, developed in the first half of the 20th century, during the Republic period. In 2016 it was described by one commentator as the city's "most affluent" section. The main street running east to west is Calle 23, also known as "La Rampa". The northern edge of the district is the waterfront seawall known as the Malecón, Havana, Malecón, a famous and popular place for social gatherings in the city. The area popularly referred to as 'Vedado' consists of the wards (''consejos populares'') of Vedado, Rampa, Vedado-Malecón and Carmelo, all in the municipality of Plaza de la Revolución. History El Vedado was since the 16th century a part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
