Nueva Gerona is a

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

n city, capital of the

Isla de la Juventud Isla de la Juventud (; en, Isle of Youth) is the second-largest Cuban island (after Cuba's mainland) and the seventh-largest island in the West Indies (after mainland Cuba itself, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, and Andros Islan ...

special municipality and province. As of 2012, its population was 59,049.

History

The city was founded in 1830 by

Francisco Dionisio Vives Francisco Dionisio Vives Piñón (1755–1840) was a Spanish general, ambassador to the United States, and governor of Cuba.The Papers of Andrew Jackson', Vol. 5, p. 34 n. 2 (Univ. of Tennessee Press, 1996). Life Vives was born in Orán, Salta. ...

, who was the Spanish governor of Cuba at the time. There is an American graveyard in Nueva Gerona.

Geography

Nueva Gerona is located by the coast, in the north-eastern area of the island, between the hills of ''Caballos'' and ''Casas''. It is crossed by the river ''Río Las Casas'', which provides a

navigable A body of water, such as a river, canal or lake, is navigable if it is deep, wide and calm enough for a water vessel (e.g. boats) to pass safely. Such a navigable water is called a ''waterway'', and is preferably with few obstructions against dir ...

waterway to the

Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...

. The city is divided into the ''repartos'' (quarters) of Centro, Abel Santamaría, Sierra Caballo, Nazareno, Saigón, Chacón and José Martí. In the suburban quarter of Chacón is located the

Presidio Modelo The Presidio Modelo was a "model prison" with panopticon design, built on the Isla de Pinos ("Isle of Pines"), now the Isla de la Juventud ("Isle of Youth"), in Cuba. It is located in the suburban quarter of Chacón, Nueva Gerona. History ...

, a former prison and now a museum.

Transport

Nueva Gerona is linked to La Fe (or Santa Fe), the 2nd most populated town of the island, with a 15 km-long expressway. The harbour in Río Las Casas estuary provides to link it to Cuban mainland, at the port of Surgidero de Batabanó.Some infos about Nueva Gerona-Batabanó Ferry
/ref> Near the suburban quarter José Martí is located the Rafael Cabrera Mustelier Airport.

Sport

Professional baseball and football clubs representing Isla de la Juventud are based in Nueva Gerona. The city houses the

Piratas de La Isla de La Juventud Piratas de Isla de la Juventud, or simply Piratas de la Isla is a baseball team in the Cuban National Series. Based in Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, the Piratas reached the Finals of the 54th Cuban National Series, remaining as runners-up. ...

baseball club at the Estadio Cristóbal Labra. The club plays in the

Cuban National Series The Cuban National Series (, SNB) is the primary domestic professional baseball competition in Cuba. Formed after the dissolution of the Cuban League in the wake of the Cuban Revolution, the Series is a part of the Cuban baseball league system. ...

, the country's primary domestic professional baseball competition. The city also houses , which plays in the country's top football division, the Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba.

Twin towns

Nueva Gerona has the following

sister city A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of inter ...

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Girona Girona (officially and in Catalan , Spanish: ''Gerona'' ) is a city in northern Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 103,369 in 2020. Girona is the capit ...

, Spain

References

External links

Nueva Gerona municipal website

{{Authority control Cities in Cuba Populated places in Isla de la Juventud Port cities and towns in Cuba Populated places established in 1802 1802 establishments in New Spain 1800s establishments in the Spanish West Indies 1800s in Cuba