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Autopista A4 (Cuba)
The Autopista A4, also known as ''Autopista Este-Oeste'' or ''Autopista Nacional Este-Oeste'', is a Cuban motorway linking Havana to Pinar del RÃo.Source: ''Mapa de Carreteras de Cuba'' (Road map of Cuba). Ediciones GEO, Havana 2011 - It is a toll-free road and has a length of . Along with the Autopista A1 (''Autopista Nacional''), partly built, that will link Havana to Guantánamo, it is classified as part of the whole ''Autopista Nacional'' route, spanning the length of the island; as the Carretera Central highway. History The motorway, connected to the A1 via the Havana Beltway (A2), was opened on December 19, 1989. Route The A4 is a dual carriageway with 6 lanes from Havana to Guanajay, 4 lanes from Guanajay to Pinar del RÃo, and has some at-grade intersections with rural roads. From Guanajay it is a beltway (Autopista ZEDM) linking the A4 to the Port of Mariel. See also *Roads in Cuba *Transport in Cuba *Infrastructure of Cuba Cuban infrastructure is signific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candelaria, Cuba
Candelaria is a municipality and town in the Artemisa Province of Cuba. Before 2011 it was part of Pinar del RÃo Province. It was founded in 1809, and established as a municipality in 1880. Geography The municipality is divided into the barrios of Bayate, Carambola, FrÃas, Lomas, Pasto Rico, Pueblo, Pueblo Nuevo, Punta Brava, RÃo Hondo, San Juan de Contreras, San Juan del Norte, Soroa and Las Terrazas. The waterfall Salto de Soroa is located within the municipal territory. Demographics In 2004, the municipality of Candelaria had a population of 19,523. With a total area of , it has a population density of . See also *Municipalities of Cuba * List of cities in Cuba *Candelaria Municipal Museum Candelaria Municipal Museum is a museum located in the 31st avenue in Candelaria, Cuba. It was established as a museum on 31 May 1982. The museum holds collections on history, archeology, weaponry and numismatics. See also * List of museums in ... References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intersection (road)
An intersection or an at-grade junction is a junction where two or more roads converge, diverge, meet or cross at the same height, as opposed to an interchange, which uses bridges or tunnels to separate different roads. Major intersections are often delineated by gores and may be classified by road segments, traffic controls and lane design. Types Road segments One way to classify intersections is by the number of road segments (arms) that are involved. * A three-way intersection is a junction between three road segments (arms): a T junction when two arms form one road, or a Y junction, the latter also known as a fork if approached from the stem of the Y. * A four-way intersection, or crossroads, usually involves a crossing over of two streets or roads. In areas where there are blocks and in some other cases, the crossing streets or roads are perpendicular to each other. However, two roads may cross at a different angle. In a few cases, the junction of two road segments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caimito, Cuba
Caimito is a municipality and town in Artemisa Province of Cuba. The town was founded in 1820. The municipality of ''Caimito del Guayabal'' was created in 1910, based on the previously existing (1879–1902) municipality of Guayabal in the Pinar del RÃo Province. Since 1976, the official name is Caimito. Geography The municipality is divided into the villages of Caimito, Guayabal, Ceiba del Agua, Pluebo Nuevo, Rancho Grande, CapellanÃas, Vereda Nueva, Los Naranjos, Aguacate, Banes, Habana Libre and Menelao Mora. Demographics In 2004, the municipality of Caimito had a population of 36,813. With a total area of , it has a population density of . Transport Caimito, crossed by the Carretera Central, is served by A4 motorway, passing some km north. From 2014, it counts a railway station on the new Havana-Guanajay-Artemisa/ Mariel line, part of the Havana-Artemisa-Pinar del RÃo line. Playa Baracoa Airport, serving Havana, is located in the municipal territory, and lies in front ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artemisa Province
Artemisa Province is one of the two new provinces created from the former La Habana Province, whose creation was approved by the Cuban National Assembly on August 1, 2010, the other being Mayabeque Province. The new provinces came into existence on January 1, 2011. Overview Artemisa was the largest city and municipality of the former La Habana Province. The newly formed province combined the eight western municipalities of La Habana Province and three eastern municipalities of neighbor province Pinar del RÃo (BahÃa Honda, Candelaria and San Cristóbal). The capital and largest city is Artemisa (47,000 pop. in 2015). The new province is only larger than Havana city and Mayabeque, but with more population than four other Cuban provinces. It is the most densely populated, after Havana city and Santiago de Cuba. The economy of the Artemisa province is based mainly on agriculture (fruits, potatoes, rice, vegetables, sugar cane) and industry of building materials (two cement factor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bauta, Cuba
Bauta is a municipality and town located southwest of Havana City, in the Artemisa Province of Cuba since 2010 as a result of the division of what was the Province of Havana (Havana Countryside). Geography Part of the Havana metropolitan area, the municipality includes the villages of Anafe, Cangrejeras, Cayo La Rosa, Comunidad Ben Tre, Corralillo (Félix E. AlpÃzar), Lazo de la Vega, Machurrucutu, Playa Baracoa, Pueblo Textil (Ariguanabo), Rosa Marina and San Pedro (General Antonio Maceo). Baracoa River crosses the municipality, and Playa Baracoa is established at its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico. Demographics In 2004, the municipality of Bauta had a population of 45,509. With a total area of , it has a population density of . Economy Bauta is a regional trading center for the local farm community. Regional crops include sugarcane, pineapple, tobacco, root vegetables, and citrus fruits. In recent years Bauta has become a haven for Cuban artists and musicians. Transport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Antonio De Los Baños
San Antonio de los Baños is a municipality and town in the Artemisa Province of Cuba. It is located 26 km from the city of Havana, and the Ariguanabo River runs through it. It was founded in 1802. History There are 39 schools in the town, employing over 600 teachers. These schools include an academy of plastic arts, a school for training art teachers, and the International School of Cinema and Television Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión which was established in 1986. The town's library was founded in 1975, and has a collection of more than 32,000 books. There is also the San Antonio de los Baños Municipal Museum. San Antonio de los Baños Airfield, was inaugurated on September 1942. Initially operated by transport aircraft and bombers Douglas B-26 and Boeing B-29, which conducted training in the Caribbean, no aircraft that was part of Cuban aviation could land at the Military Base without prior authorization from the same authorities . Geography The municipal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autopista Del MediodÃa
The Autopista del MediodÃa is a Cuban motorway linking Havana to San Antonio de los Baños.Source: ''Mapa de Carreteras de Cuba'' (Road map of Cuba). Ediciones GEO, Havana 2011 - It is a Toll road, toll-free road and has a length of . Route The motorway is a dual carriageway with 4 lanes and has some at-grade Intersection (road), intersections with rural roads. It starts in Havana, next to an Interchange (road), interchange of the Autopista A4 (Cuba), A4 motorway, and continues through Artemisa Province; crossing the eastern side of Bauta, Cuba, Bauta municipality, and ending in a fork, east of San Antonio de los Baños. After the fork, the provincial road towards south reaches the nearby San Antonio de los Baños Airfield and the town of Güira de Melena (10 km far). See also *Roads in Cuba *Transport in Cuba *Infrastructure of Cuba References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Autopista del Mediodia Autopistas in Cuba, Autopista Mediodia Transport in Havana Arte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Lisa
La Lisa () is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs (''municipios'' in Spanish) in the city of Havana, Cuba. Overview It has 7 neighbourhoods: * Alturas de La Lisa * Arroyo Arenas * Balcón Arimao *El Cano-Valle Grande-Bello 26 y Morado *Punta Brava Punta Brava is a small suburb located just to the southwest of Havana, Cuba, with a population of roughly 1500 inhabitants. It is one of the wards (consejos populares) of the La Lisa municipality. Cuban War of Independence Punta Brava and the ne ... * San AgustÃn * Versalles-Coronela. It can be generally thought of as a semi-rural municipality. References External links * Municipalities of Havana {{Cuba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autopistas In Cuba
The road network of Cuba consists of of roads, of which over are pavement (material), paved and are unpaved. The Caribbean country counts also of motorways (''autopistas''). Motorways Overview Cuba has eight toll-free expressways named ''Autopistas'', seven of them centralized in the city of Havana and connected to each other by the Havana Ring Road, with the exception of the motorway to Mariel, Cuba, Mariel. The carriageway is Dual carriageway, divided and the lanes in each direction go from two to four. Maximum speed limit is . In the Isla de la Juventud, the dual carriageway from Nueva Gerona to Santa Fe, Isle of Youth, La Fe is classified as motorway. The principal motorways A1 and A4, running from the west to the east of the island and partly unbuilt (most of A1 sections), are the only one numbered and shortened with "A".Source: ''Mapa de Carreteras de Cuba'' (Road map of Cuba). Ediciones GEO, Havana 2011 - As well as the Carretera Central (Cuba), Carretera Central co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autopista A1 Sign (Cuba)
An autopista is a controlled-access highway in various Spanish-speaking countries *List of highways in Argentina includes autopistas of Argentina *List of autopistas and autovÃas in Spain *List of Mexican autopistas *Autopistas of Puerto Rico *List of Chilean freeways *Autopistas of Cuba The road network of Cuba consists of of roads, of which over are paved and are unpaved. The Caribbean country counts also of motorways (''autopistas''). Motorways Overview Cuba has eight toll-free expressways named ''Autopistas'', seven of ... {{Disambiguation Types of roads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polytechnic José Antonio EcheverrÃa
The today Technological University José Antonio EcheverrÃa, in its beginnings the University City José Antonio EcheverrÃa (CUJAE), whose old acronyms are still used for its popular recognition. With the triumph of the Revolution on January 1, 1959, a stage of revolutionary transformations at the national level began in Cuba and among the first were educational ones. Thus the conditions are created to initiate a true university reform, dreams until then unique of the great Cuban teachers: Varela, MartÃ, Mella, Varona and of all those who for years had fought and even given their lives to cement a worthy University that was only achieved with Fidel. It is attached to the Ministry of Higher Education of Cuba. On February 15, 2017, the National Accreditation Board awarded him the superior category of excellence, for his results in the comprehensive training of students, research and its impact on the municipality, the nation and abroad. History The history of CUJAE has it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autopista A2 Sign (Cuba)
An autopista is a controlled-access highway in various Spanish-speaking countries *List of highways in Argentina includes autopistas of Argentina *List of autopistas and autovÃas in Spain *List of Mexican autopistas *Autopistas of Puerto Rico *List of Chilean freeways *Autopistas of Cuba The road network of Cuba consists of of roads, of which over are paved and are unpaved. The Caribbean country counts also of motorways (''autopistas''). Motorways Overview Cuba has eight toll-free expressways named ''Autopistas'', seven of ... {{Disambiguation Types of roads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
