Las Terrazas

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caption = Las Terrazas
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nearest_city = Havana
lat_degrees= 22|lat_minutes= 50|lat_seconds= 42|lat_direction= N
long_degrees= 82|long_minutes= 56|long_seconds= 35|long_direction= W
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Las Terrazas is a small community and nature reserve in Pinar del Río province, Cuba. Located in the Sierra del Rosario mountain range (designated a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1984), it has a number of hotels and restaurants and a large area of secondary forest. The secondary forest was planted on the deforested hills by building terraces to avoid erosion; hence the name (in Spanish, "terrazas" means terraces). [cite book
author=Sainsbury, Brendan |title=Cuba: Country Guide |year=2006 |publisher=Lonely Planet
isbn=9781740597463 |pages=p. 217 |quote=pop 1200]

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