Guanabacoa

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Guanabacoa is a colonial township in eastern Havana, Cuba, and one of the 15 municipalities of the city. It is famous for its historical Santería and is home to the first African Cabildo in Havana.

[edit] Trivia

• Four Major League Baseball players were born in Guanabacoa: Emilio Palmero (1895), Tony Ordenana (1918), Rene Valdez (1929), and Evelio Hernández (1931).

[edit] External links

• details of municipality (Spanish)
• website about the town prior to 1960 (Spanish) I was born in Guanabacoa in 1956 and lived there until 1967. Contrary to the author's note, this website shows recent pictures of Guanabacoa. Prior to 1960 and the advent of the Castro regime, all streets and buildings were well maintained as Guanabacoa was a prosperous and bustling community. The extent of decay and disrepair depicted in the pictures have come about as a result of the poverty and apathy brought on by the repressive Castro regime. To prove the point, once the link is accessed one can scan the cursor over the pictures and note that they were taken in 2003.

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Coordinates: 23°05′06.1″N 82°19′23.9″W / 23.085028, -82.323306 (Guanabacoa)