Ciudad de La Habana
(syoo-DAHD dai lah ah-BAH-nah), province, W
Cuba, centered around the city of Havana, on the Straits of Florida;
Havana. Surrounded on 3 sides by La Habana prov. Created as
part of the jurisdictional reorganization of the isl. in 1976, this is
the most densely settled part of Cuba. Its roughly 650,000
non-metropolitan residents are distributed among a well-integrated
network of small towns outside the metro. limits of Havana City. The
prov. straddles both the Florida Straits on its N shore and the
Caribbean Sea on its S side, with an average width of just
31 mi/50 km. Rolling topography, with hills
300 ft/91 m-900 ft/274 m
high, transects the prov. along an E-W pattern. The S side opens to
marshlands while the N end has good beaches. Agr. and light industry
characterize its economy, the latter noted for 2 major textile
centers in Alquizar and Ariguanabo. A key resource is the 53 billion cu
ft/1.5 billion cu m of underground water, plus another 13.3
million cu ft/375 million cu m in reserves. Demand for fresh
water for growing urban areas threatens to draw salt water into the
wells of Cuenca Sur, El Gato, and Ariguanabo.
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Havana. Surrounded on 3 sides by La Habana prov. Created as
part of the jurisdictional reorganization of the isl. in 1976, this is
the most densely settled part of Cuba. Its roughly 650,000
non-metropolitan residents are distributed among a well-integrated
network of small towns outside the metro. limits of Havana City. The
prov. straddles both the Florida Straits on its N shore and the
Caribbean Sea on its S side, with an average width of just
31 mi/50 km. Rolling topography, with hills
300 ft/91 m-900 ft/274 m
high, transects the prov. along an E-W pattern. The S side opens to
marshlands while the N end has good beaches. Agr. and light industry
characterize its economy, the latter noted for 2 major textile
centers in Alquizar and Ariguanabo. A key resource is the 53 billion cu
ft/1.5 billion cu m of underground water, plus another 13.3
million cu ft/375 million cu m in reserves. Demand for fresh
water for growing urban areas threatens to draw salt water into the
wells of Cuenca Sur, El Gato, and Ariguanabo.
