Boyeros () is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs (''

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s'' in Spanish) in the city of

Havana Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

. The municipality was created in 1976, and amalgamated the town of Santiago de Las Vegas. It lies on the south-west side of the city and includes

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 ...

History

During the 18th, 19th and early part of the 20th century, large waves of

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emigrated to Boyeros. In such a way, it was born the first settlement of the area known as Santiago de las Vegas. Since 1694. this name was also shortened as Las Vegas.

Demographics

In 2022, the municipality of Boyeros had a population of 204,003. With a total area of , it has a population density of . It is divided into seven ''consejos populares'' (

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): Santiago de Las Vegas, Nuevo Santiago,

Boyeros Boyeros () is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs (''municipios'' in Spanish) in the city of Havana, Cuba. The municipality was created in 1976, and amalgamated the town of Santiago de Las Vegas. It lies on the south-west side of the city and ...

Wajay Wajay is a ward (''consejo popular'', "people's council") of the city of Havana, the capital of Cuba, belonging to the Municipalities of Havana, municipal borough of Boyeros. In 2011, it had a population of 47,954. History Its origins go back to ...

(close to the

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), Calabazar, Altahabana-Capdevila and Armada-Aldabó.Infos at habanaenlinea.cu

Economics

The main industrial outcomes of the local companies include paper and cardboard containers, woven and spun semifinished products, drugs, building materials, food products, etc. Boyeros hosts the ''Instituto de Investigaciones Fundamentales para la Agricultura Tropical'' ("International Institute for the Investigation of Tropical Agricolture", INIFAT), which was preceded by the ''Estación Experimental Agronómica de Cuba'' as the first agronomic research station founded in Latin America in 1904. The municipality of Boyeros is home to

(former Rancho-Boyeros Airport) which connects Havana with many international destinations.

Healthcare and education

Boyeros harbours seven

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s, two healthcare facilities, five hospital dental departments, 263 medical studies, 7 pregnancy care centers and a grandfather's house for third-agers people, a ''Centro de Investigaciones de Medicina Tradicional, Asiática y Natural '' ("Research Center for Traditional, Asiatic and Natural Medicine", CIMTAN), a day time psychiatric hospital, among others. The municipality has 34

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s, 50 primary schools, 15 lower

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centers, six

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s, 4 agrarian schools, a multi-lingual school, a professionalizing institute and a polytechnic high school with optional path of studies in gastronomy, metallurgy, real estate or veterinary medicine.

Sport

Santiago de las Vegas hosted the first

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game ever in the Republic of Cuba, followed by the creation of the "

Antonio Maceo Lt. General José Antonio de la Caridad Maceo y Grajales (June 14, 1845December 7, 1896) was a Cuban general and second-in-command of the Cuban Liberation Army, Cuban Army of Independence. Fellow Cubans gave Maceo the nickname "The Bronze Tit ...

" National Hockey Center not far from the Havana golf field opened in 1955. Boyers overcomes 14 sport buildings of which there are 5 baseball parks, a chess academy, a table tennis field and a shooting gallery. Among the local sport personalities there are the famous players Juan Padilla,

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and

Orlando Hernández Orlando Hernández Pedroso (born October 11, 1965), nicknamed "El Duque" (Spanish for "The Duke"), is a Cuban-born right-handed former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for the Industriales of the Cuban National Series, the New York Yan ...

Culture

The municipality has five culture houses, a museum, a library, an art center, an art gallery and two cinemas. It has also three traditional feast days: ''La fiesta del café'' ("the coffee feast") in Wajay, ''Las parrandas santiaguera'' ("the faith healers parade") in Santiago de las Vegas, and the annual anniversary of the Calabazar's foundation. The National Zoological Park of Boyeros contains 800 animals belonging to more than one hundred different species, towards an extension of 340 hectares. It is designed in compliance with the state-of-the-art international standards for the zoological exposition of specimen in freedom and, by that, it is a special attraction for nature lovers.

References

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* {{Havana municipalities Municipalities of Havana