Guanajay
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Guanajay is a town Havana Province in western Cuba, about 36 miles southwest of Havana. The town lies among hills and has an excellent climate; in colonial times it was an acclimatization station for newly-arrived troops from Spain. It later became well known as a health resort.
The country surrounding Guanajay is a fertile sugarcane and tobacco region, and historically it has been an important distributing point in the commerce of the western end of the island. Guanajay was an ancient pueblo of considerable size and importance as early as the end of the 18th century.
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- Ciudad de Guanajay (Spanish)
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