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  Cubatoday.com - Provinces - La Habana
The city of Havana is a separate province, surrounded by the province of Havana.
The southern coast of the province is characterised by swamps and wetlands.
La Habana province has, in its white sand beaches and the quiet environment of its fields, 2 highly significant elements for the development of tourism.
www.cubatoday.com /provinces/la-habana   (573 words)

  
  La Habana Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
La Habana province, Cuba, is one of the provinces of Cuba.
The city of Havana is a separate province, surrounded by the province of Havana.
The southern coast of the province is characterised by swamps and wetlands.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/La_Habana_Province   (238 words)

  
 La Habana Guía de Viaje by CHB
La Habana es probablemente la ciudad más emocionante de América latina que maneja ser seedy y con estilo.
La Habana es un lugar que regocija, pero puede también agotar.
Una ciudad encantadora de la playa con una playa magnificient algunas cientos yardas lejos de las casas que proponemos, y un nightlife proporcionado por muchos discos.
www.cubahotelbookings.com /travel-guide.asp?lID=2&pID=1   (1363 words)

  
 Las Tunas Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Las Tunas is one of the provinces of Cuba.
Cattle are also grazed in the province, which was, until the 1975, part of the Oriente province that was carved up into numerous smaller provinces by Fidel Castro's Marxist government.
Victoria de Las Tunas was just a small market town until that year, and a large development program was started to modernise the town and connect it by road to Havana.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Las_Tunas_Province   (186 words)

  
 CHB - Hotels à La Havane, Cuba
La plupart ont une vue sur la mer.
La façade de l’édifice avec ses pierres taillées représentant le Blason des Santander entouré de motifs marins évoque merveilleusement le passé maritime de la ville.La raison d’être de la ville de la Havane c’est son port naturel et sa situation stratégique au sein de l’empire d’Espagne en...
A moins de 22 kilomètres (14 miles) de la capitale, cet hôtel sur le bord de la rivière, entouré par des bois plein de faunes et flores locales luxuriantes, vous offrira la paix dans ce cadre naturel.
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La Habana La Habana, province, Cuba: Ciudad de la Habana.
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 Encyclopedia: Pinar del Río Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Pinar del Río is one of the provinces of Cuba.
The province relies almost entirely on tobacco farming, with Pinar del Río producing 70% of Cuba's crop, used to make the cigars that are so prized overseas.
Villa Clara is one of the provinces of Cuba.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pinar-del-R%EDo-Province   (555 words)

  
 La Habana hotels.Hotel reservations Habana,online bookings Cuba
With a strong participation of the agricultural and fishing sectors in its economic system, the province of Havana founded as result of the new political and administrative division of the country in 1975 has, in its white sand beaches and the quiet environment of its fields, two highly significant elements for the development of tourism.
Very close to this place, Puerto Escondido and el Peñón del Fraile provide visitors with the opportunity of enjoying a wonderful marine landscape and, at the same time, experience the presence of several oil wells for the extraction of oil and gas, an increasingly important activity for the economy of Havana.
On the south coast, the anchorage of Batabanó (Port that controls maritime communication with the Isle of Youth) offers the opportunity of getting acquainted with one of the most important sea sponge’s reserves of the Cuban archipelago, and an important center for the capture of chelonian and crustaceous species.
www.cubadirectravel.com /la_habana-hotels-27-MUHA.html   (420 words)

  
 Violations of social and labor rights in Cuba, 2003 / Federación de Plantas Eléctricas, Gas y Agua en el Exilio - ...
A resident of La Lisa municipality, Ciudad de La Habana province, she worked as a bicycle-shop mechanic at the municipal services company, until she was fired for belonging to an opposition group.
A resident of the Habana del Este municipality, Ciudad de La Habana province, she was a teaching assistant at the "Mártires de Bolivia" School.
A resident of La Habana Vieja, Ciudad de La Habana province, he was employed at the "Ramón González Coro" press, and was fired for being a freemason and for not participating in political activities.
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Ciudad de la Habana Ciudad de la Habanasyoothäth´ thā lä häbä´nä, hävä´- or La Habana, province (1994 est.
The province has coastal plains in the north and south, as well as fine beaches, and there are some low mountains in the north.
The area is a vast prairie and is Cuba's largest province.
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 alma de cuba - cuba la isla grande
Entra in contatto con la redazione di Alma de Cuba, potrai conoscere meglio tutti coloro che hanno partecipato a questo progetto editoriale.
La città de La Habana è suddivisa in 15 distretti: La Habana Vieja, Centro Habana, Plaza de la Rivolución, La Habana del Este, Playa, La Lisa, Marianao, Cerro, Diez de Octubre, Boyeros, Arroyo Naranjo, San Miguel de Padrón, Cotorro, Regla, Guanabacoa.
Il Carnaval de La Habana è il carnevale più importante di Cuba, assieme a quello si Santiago de Cuba.
www.almadecuba.it /p_avana.htm   (2199 words)

  
 Ciudad de la Habana. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Included in the province is the Isle of Youth (see Youth, Isle of).
The majority of the population and industry is concentrated in and around Havana.
Tobacco, sugarcane, and vegetables are the principal crops of the province, and food processing is the leading industry.
www.bartleby.com /65/ci/CiuddelaHab.html   (157 words)

  
 Ciudad de La Habana Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ciudad de la Habana is one of the 14 provinces in Cuba.
La Habana del Este (La Habana del Este)
Plaza de la Revolución (Plaza de la Revolución)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ciudad_de_La_Habana_Province   (112 words)

  
 New Year 2004 in La Habana - Concert Reviews - Salsa Power!
Todos estos sonidos se unían debajo de las estrellas en celebración del año que se avecinaba, mientras las brisas caribeñas bailaban sobre las olas en la playa a unos metros de distancia.
Después de unas ofrendas especiales a Yemayá en la playa, llegó la hora de asistir a algunos de los conciertos del año nuevo y sacar fotos de varios artistas cubanos.
Después de aportar ayuda en un documental en la provincia de Villa Clara por unos días, volvimos a La Habana.
www.salsapower.com /concerts/newyear2004.htm   (3800 words)

  
 CUBA. Current prisoners of conscience must be released / Amnesty International - Cuba News / Noticias - CubaNet News
The prosecution alleged that the group had printed and distributed around the province of Holguín leaflets which were critical of the government's policies and that they had held clandestine meetings.
She was detained on 16 July 1997, along with three other members of the group (Félix A. Bonne Carcasés, René Gómez Manzano and Vladimiro Roca Antúnez) after issuing a critique of a document disseminated for the Fifth Congress of the Partido Comunista de Cuba, Cuban Communist Party.
According to the official charge document, an arsenal of arms was found in the province in which the two men were detained, but it was not found in their possession.
www.cubanet.org /CNews/y99/dec99/06e21.htm   (7004 words)

  
 THE SMOKING DOG
The different fabrics in Cuba are not producing cigars of the same quality, mainly because of the skill of the rollers.
Even if we never can be sure, the fabrics of La Habana generally produce better quality.
La Nueva Corona: San Cristobal de la Habana, Hoyo de Monterey, Punch, La Flor de Cano,Por Larranaga,Belinda, Cabanas.
www.pipeandcigars.com /anglais/codes.htm   (410 words)

  
 Center for a Free Cuba - Medical Concern   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
According to reports, in May 1997 he was handcuffed to the railings of a punishment cell for over a month as a punishment for not wearing the prison uniform during family visits.
After starting a hunger strike in protest at the conditions of detention he was reportedly put in a punishment cell with no light or toilet facilities and which was full of drain water and infested with rats.
He was then transferred to the maximum security prison, known as Kilo 8, where he has been held in a punishment cell for over 60 days, allegedly as a result of having stood up for prisoners' rights.
www.cubacenter.org /media/archives/1999/fall/medical2.html   (1018 words)

  
 Havana's turistic maps and information
As a result of the political-administrative division of the country in 1975, the province of Havana today constitutes a safe rear for the capital of the Island, main tourist destiny of the Greater one of the Antilles.
With a strong presence of fishing and agricultural sector in its earth and coasts, Havana is an excellent complement to those visitors who flee from the noise of a large city, to look for white sand beach refuge or the calm surroundings of the fields.
To only 25 minutes from the capital and in route towards the western province of Pinar del Rio, is located the beach “El Salado”, where Villa Cocomar offers excellent conditions for the rest and diving, this last one in a beautiful area of coralline barriers.
www.rentaencuba.com /en/mapas_la_habana.htm   (296 words)

  
 World Libraries: Reading Initiatives: A Major Effort by the Libraries of the San Antonio de los Baños Community, ...
It is one of the 19 municipalities which make up the province of La Habana, as determined by the Nueva División Política Administrativa of 1975, and is located 26 kilometers from the capital of the province, Havana City.
Cuban aborigines gave the river its name, which, in their language, means Río del Palmar, or "river in the palm grove." The waters of this river gained fame among the wealthy classes of Havana, who believed them to have medicinal qualities, capable of healing various ailments, and in some cases, even producing miraculous cures.
The library, founded in 1975 in the province of Havana, is a reading and research center for the area that helps to satisfy the informational, recreational, and cultural needs of residents through the creation and administration of diverse cultural projects.
www.worlib.org /vol13no1-2/corvo_v13n1-2.shtml   (3236 words)

  
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Argentina -> History Early History Little is known of the earliest inhabitants of the region.
United Provinces United Provinces, former state, N India, now almost coextensive with the modern state of Uttar Pradesh.
The United Provinces embraced the plain of the Ganges, the heartland of India.
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 Pinar del Rio --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
provincia, western Cuba, bounded on the north by the Gulf of Mexico, on the west by the Yucatán Channel, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, on the southeast by the Gulf of Batabanó, and on the east by La Habana province.
The gulf stretches from the shore of eastern Pinar del Río province approximately 80 miles (130 km) to the southwestern coast of Matanzas province and the Zapata Peninsula.
At its northern edge lies La Habana province; 50 miles (80 km) to the south is the Isle of Juventud.
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 The "Cemí de la Tierra" or the Idol of Tobacco | Cuban Cigars History
It’s said that the native pre-Hispanic inhabitants of the largest of the Antilles, used seashells from the eastern coasts of the archipielago to give form to the mouth, eyes, nose and other features of the piece representing one of their gods.
This sculpture –the most primitive preserved ion Cuba– was discovered by two farmers in the early 19th century in La Gran Piedra, a natural terrace to the sea located in Maisí, Guantánamo province, in the far eastern extreme of the country.
A small reproduction of the effigy is given annually to personalities who had made an outstanding contribution to the development of the eastern territory.
www.cubancigarshistory.com /tobacco_history/the_cemi_de_la_tierra/the_cemi_de_la_tierra_or_the_idol_of_tobacco.html   (377 words)

  
 Ciudad de la Habana
La Habana: ciudad de contrastes.(Internacional) (Reforma (M?co D.F., M?co))
(La Habana, Cuba)(TT: Sepia portrait of a city that is fading) (Ent?se)
La nueva izquierda latinoamericana se reune en la ciudad de La Habana (La Opinion)
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 Ciudad de la Habana
Ciudad de la Habana or La Habana,province (1994 est.
95,500), Ciudad de la Habana prov., W Cuba, a residential and...
La Habana - La Habana, province, Cuba: Ciudad de la Habana.
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 Cuba: Political prisoners in need of medical attention
There are bedbugs in abundance which feed on our blood, many prisoners sleep on the floor without a mattress or even a board and there is a plague of rodents which infest us with diseases.
State of health: during her imprisonment Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello has suffered from a stomach ulcer, kidney problems, diarrhea, migraine, high blood pressure, weight loss, and an eye infection, and was diagnosed as having benign mammary displasia.
State of health: Because of his age, Ernestino Abreu Horta is particularly at risk of illness in the poor conditions in which he is held.
amnestyusa.org /women/document.do?id=EA16B7416443BE368025690000692DD6   (4137 words)

  
 La Habana: 3D View of the Web   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Atrapado entra la cultura de la Pequena Habana y la del panorama norteamericano, el joven Perez Firmat se balancea a horeajadas entre mundos, tratando de reconciliar sus raices cubanas con las tradiciones de su hogar adoptivo.
Hospedaje en La Ciudad de la Habana - Hospedaje en La Ciudad de la Habana Casa particular.
Galería de fotos en blanco y negro de La Habana, Cuba - Galería de fotos en blanco y negro de La Habana, Cuba La Habana en Blanco y Negro - Galería de fotos en...
www.resolve3d.com /Regional/Caribbean/Cuba/Provinces/LaHabana   (924 words)

  
 Ciudad de la Habana on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Magazines and Newspapers for: Ciudad de la Habana
Ecos de Viaje / Una luz en la travesia.(De Viaje)
Pictures and Maps for: Ciudad de la Habana
www.encyclopedia.com /html/c/ciuddelah1ab.asp   (389 words)

  
 EXCURSIONES DESDE LA HABANA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Visit to the Hemingway Museum, the Cojímar district and different places associated with the life of the renowned U.S. writer.
Tour of the northern coastline through the provinces of Havana and Matanzas on board a modern ferry, welcome cocktail on board.
To the south of the province of Matanzas, visit a crocodile-breeding farm and the Taíno village, boat ride, welcome cocktail and lunch.
www.cubanacan.cu /INGLES/AGENCIA/excursiones/ex_habana.htm   (344 words)

  
 Havana Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It has coasts in the south and north andhas dozens of towns and a few small cities which rank between the 20 and 40 largest of the island.
Much of the La Habana province's agriculture is geared towards theproduction of food, primarily cattle, potatoes and fruit.
Unlike much of Cuba, sugar and tobacco play only a small role in theprovince's economy.
www.therfcc.org /havana-province-244860.html   (196 words)

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