Theme Week Havana – Centro Habana
Friday, 20 May 2016 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik Category/Kategorie: General
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Centro Habana is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs (
municipios in Spanish) in the city of
Havana . There are many retail spaces (such as
Plaza de Carlos III commercial center), office buildings, hotels, bars and clubs (such as the
Casa de la Musica on Galliano).
A chinatown – Barrio Chino – is also located in this district. It is a smaller municipality of Havana, and it has the highest population density.
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The infrastructure of the city, built 450 years ago, heavily deteriorated during the 1990s after the collapse of the
Cuban-Soviet trade partnership. In 1996, restoration projects were started to improve housing and infrastructure in the Cayo Hueso community.
As of 2012, the municipality of Centro Habana had a population of 140,000, with a total area of 4 km2 (1.5 sq mi).
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CubaHotelTravels.com – Centro Habana and
Wikipedia Centro Habana (
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