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GUINES
, a See also:town in the interior of See also:Havana See also:province, See also:Cuba, about 30 m
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S.E. of Havana
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Pop
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(1907) 8053
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It is situated on a See also:plain, in the midst of a See also:rich See also:plantation See also:district, chiefly devoted to the cultivation of See also:tobacco
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The first railway in Cuba was built from Havana to Guines between 1835 and 1838
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One of the very few See also:good highways of the See also:island also connects Guines with the See also:capital
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The See also:pueblo of Guines, which was built on a See also:great private See also:estate of the same name, See also:dates back to about 1735
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