Mayabeque

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Mayabeque can refer to several places in Cuba:

  • Playa Mayabeque (Mayabeque Beach) in Provincia de La Habana, near Melena del Sur on the southern shore of Cuba. In 1956, under the leadership of Serafín García Menocal, President of the Consejo Nacional Scouts de Cuba (National Council), the Scouts of Cuba bought the national training grounds Campo Escuela Nacional Mayabeque at Mayabeque, in the margins of the river of the same name, near Catalina de Güines in Havana Province within 50 km of the capital. The National Camp School was dedicated to the training of Scouters and for Scout camping. The Field School was abandoned in 1961, and at the moment is under the water of Mampostón reservoir. (Lat (DMS) 22° 40' 0N Long (DMS) 82° 9' 0W)
  • the Mayabeque River, (alternately Rio Nuevo Mayabeque) considered the largest in the southwestern watershed of Cuba, has an extensive fluvial network that encompasses the municipalities of Güines, San Jose de las Lajas, Jaruco and Madruga.

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