Bahia Honda, Cuba

Bahía Honda
—  Municipality  —
Location of Bahía Honda in Cuba
Coordinates:
Country  Cuba
Province Artemisa
Area[1]
 • Total 784 km2 (302.7 sq mi)
Elevation 25 m (82 ft)
Population (2004)[2]
 • Total 45,968
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
Area code(s) +53-82

Bahía Honda is a municipality and city in the Artemisa Province of Cuba. Before 2011 belonged to Pinar del Río Province. It is located on the northern shore of the island, in an inlet of the Florida Straits, 70 km (43 mi) west of Havana. The sheltered bay that gives the name of the municipality contains an industrial port. It marks the eastern extend of the Colorados Archipelago.

Bahía Honda was one of the naval bases leased to the US under the Platt Amendment, but abandoned some years later in turn for an expansion of the area leased around Guantánamo Bay.[3]

Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of Bahía Honda had a population of 45,968.[2] With a total area of 784 km2 (303 sq mi),[1] it has a population density of 58.6 /km2 (152 /sq mi).

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Statoids (July 2003). "Municipios of Cuba". http://www.statoids.com/ycu.html. Retrieved 2007-10-07. 
  2. ^ a b Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927111826/http://www.atenas.inf.cu/todo/Estadisticas/TABLA+No_3balance.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-07.  (Spanish)
  3. ^ Navarro, José Cantón: History of Cuba, Havana, Cuba, 1998, p. 83