Arroyo Naranjo

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Coat of arms of La Habana.svg Distrito de Arroyo Naranjo
District of Havana
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Havana Map - Arroyo Naranjo.png
Location of Arroyo Naranjo in Havana
Coordinates: 23°02′37″N82°19′58″W / 23.04361°N 82.33278°W / 23.04361; -82.33278
Country Cuba
Province Ciudad de La Habana
Wards (Consejos Populares) Callejas, Calvario-Fraternidad, Eléctrico, Guinera, Los Pinos, Managua, Mantilla, Párraga, Poey, Víbora Park
Area
[1]
 • Total83 km2 (32 sq mi)
Elevation
85 m (279 ft)
Population
 (2022) [2]
 • Total206,918
 • Density2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
Area code +53-7

Arroyo Naranjo is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs ( municipios in Spanish) in the city of Havana, Cuba. It became part of Havana city while the capital grew.

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The Managua Military Airport is located in the southern part of this municipality.

History

The borough was founded in 1845, and by 1848 its party was created. Arroyo Naranjo is situated 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) south of Old Havana on the Havana-Las Vegas highway, having been a stop of buses that were doing the service between these two cities. In 1858 Arroyo Naranjo had 291 inhabitants, who were increasing in the period of the baths, for the proximity to the medicinal waters known by the Cacahual. Arroyo Naranjo had always a progressive population. From 291 inhabitants of 1858, in 1871 the town had 1,485.

In 1939, famed painter Carlos Enriquez bought a small ranch house in Arroyo Naranjo, dubbed "El Huron Azul" (the Blue Ferret), which became a meeting-place for Cuba's avant-garde artists, and is now a museum dedicated to Enriquez' work. [3]

Demographics

In 2022, the municipality of Arroyo Naranjo had a population of 206,918. [2] With a total area of 83 km2 (32 sq mi), [1] it has a population density of 2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi).

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References

  1. 1 2 Statoids (July 2003). "Municipios of Cuba". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
  2. 1 2 "Cuba: Administrative Division (Provinces and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  3. ↑ Martinez, Juan A.;Cuban Art & National Identity: The Vanguardia Painters, 1927-1950; University Press of Florida, 1994; ISBN   0-8130-1306-2


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