Guanabo

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Location of Guanabo in Cuba

Guanabo is a beach town in the Ciudad de la Habana Province of Cuba. It is a ward (consejo popular) located within the municipality of Habana del Este halfway between the centre of Havana and Santa Cruz del Norte, at the mouth of the Guanabo River, between the Atlantic Ocean coast and the Sierra del Canchón (mountain range).

Overview

Guanabo is a seaside touristic town, with small scale villas and a few low rise hotels.

The town was founded in 1800. In 1827 it was the place where the Peñas Altas uprising was crushed by troops from Havana (Peñas Altas is a neighbourhood east of Guanabo).

In the late 1990s it was known as a sexual tourism destination. Prostitution has since been cracked down by large police interventions, and (as of 2005) it is not uncommon to see police units constantly patrolling the town.^{[citation needed]}

Overview of Guanabo and Atlantic Ocean

External links

Media related to Guanabo at Wikimedia Commons

Town info (Spanish)

v t e Municipalities of Havana

Arroyo Naranjo Boyeros (incl. Santiago de Las Vegas) Centro Habana Cerro Cotorro Diez de Octubre (incl. La Víbora) Guanabacoa La Habana del Este (incl. Alamar, Cojimar, Guanabo, Santa María del Mar, Tarará) Old Havana (incl. Plaza Vieja) La Lisa (incl. Punta Brava) Marianao Playa (incl. Miramar, Puentes Grandes, Santa Fe) Plaza de la Revolución (incl. Vedado) Regla (incl. Casablanca) San Miguel del Padrón

v t e Landmarks and attractions in Havana

Comm., Govt.	Bacardi Building Coppelia (ice cream parlor) El Capitolio FOCSA Building Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital Lonja del Comercio building Manzana de Gómez Palacio de los Capitanes Generales Russian embassy Oriental Park Racetrack^† Tropicana Club

Education	ELAM (Latin American School of Medicine) University of Havana

Fortifications	La Cabaña Castillo de la Real Fuerza Morro Castle San Salvador de la Punta Fortress Castle del Príncipe Santa Clara Battery Torreón de la Chorrera

Hotels	Hotel Capri Hotel Habana Riviera Hotel Inglaterra Hotel Nacional de Cuba Hotel Sevilla Hotel Tryp Habana Libre Meliá Cohiba Hotel

Monuments	Central Railway Station Colón Necrópolis Fuente de la India El Templete José Martí Memorial USS Maine monument

Museums	Museo del Aire^† Museum of Decorative Arts Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana Museum of the Revolution Napoleon Museum

Natural	Almendares River Havana Harbor

Neighborhoods	Centro Habana Miramar Old Havana (La Habana Vieja) Vedado Others

Religious	Cathedral of Havana Iglesia de Jesús de Miramar San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary Our Lady of Kazan Orthodox Cathedral Basilica Menor de San Francisco de Asis Christ of Havana

Streets, Parks	Calle 23 ("La Rampa") John Lennon Park José Martí Anti-Imperialist Platform (Wall of Flags) Malecón Paseo del Prado Plaza de la Revolución Plaza Vieja

Theaters	Amadeo Roldán Theater Gaia Gran Teatro de La Habana Hubert de Blanck Theater Karl Marx Theatre National Theater of Cuba Teatro Miramar

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Coordinates: 23°09′53″N 82°08′21″W / 23.16472°N 82.13917°W / 23.16472; -82.13917 (Guanabo)

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