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See also:GUANABACOA (an See also:Indian name meaning " site of the See also:waters ")
, a See also:town of See also:Cuba, in See also:Havana See also:province, about 6 m
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E. of Havana
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Pop
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(1907) 14,368
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See also:Guanabacoa is served by railway to Havana, with which it is connected by the See also:Regla See also:ferry across the See also:bay
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It is picturesquely situated amid See also:woods, on high hills which furnish a See also:fine view
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There are medicinal springs in the town, and deposits of liquid See also:bitumen in the neighbouring hills
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The town is essentially a See also:residence suburb of the See also:capital, and has some rather See also:pretty streets and squares and some old and interesting churches (including Nuestra Senora de la See also:Asuncion, 1714-1721)
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Just outside the See also:city is the See also:
It was created a See also:villa with an See also:ayuntamiento (city See also:council) in 1743
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Ir, 1762 its fort, the Little Morro, on the N. See also:shore near Cojimar (a bathing See also:beach, where the See also: |
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