town in province is a beach town in the
Ciudad de la Habana Province of
Cuba
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. It is a ward (''consejo popular'') located within the municipality of
Habana del Este halfway between the centre of
Havana
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Santa Cruz del Norte
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, at the mouth of the ''Guanabo River'', between the
Atlantic Ocean
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coast and the ''Sierra del Canchón'' (mountain range).
Overview
Guanabo is a seaside
touristic 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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