town in province 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
Habana del Este (Spanish for "East Havana"), also spelled ''La Habana del Este'', is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs ('' municipios'' in Spanish) forming the city of Havana, Cuba.
Geography
As its name indicates it is on the eastern si ...
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
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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).
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Town info(Spanish)
Wards of Havana
Tourist attractions in Havana
Beaches of Cuba
Populated places established in 1800
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