- San Antonio de los Baños
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official_name = San Antonio de los Baños
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subdivision_name1 = La Habana
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established_title = Founded
established_date = 1802
established_title2 = Established
established_date2 = 1879 (Municipality)
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population_total = 46300
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latd= 22|latm= 53|lats= 20|latNS=N
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footnotes = San Antonio de los Baños is a municipality and city in theLa Habana Province ofCuba .It is located 26 km from the city of
Havana , near theAriguanabo River . [cite web | url=http://www.cubavacationstravel.com/La_Havana_Cuba.php | title=Places to visit in Havana | accessdate=2006-06-19] It was founded in 1802.Water is supplied to the town via a 100-year old
aqueduct . In 2003, the town had no running water for two days while the aqueduct was being repaired. [cite news | url=http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y04/mar04/26e2.htm | title=Water service interrupted in San Antonio de Los Baños | publisher=CubaNet News | accessdate=2006-06-19 | date=26 March 2003 ] There are 39 schools in the town, employing over 600 teachers. These schools include an academy of plastic arts, a school for training art teachers, and the International School of Film and TelevisionEscuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión which was established in 1986. The town's library was founded in 1975, and has a collection of more than 32,000 books.cite journal | url=http://www.worlib.org/vol13no1-2/corvo_v13n1-2.shtml | title=World Libraries: Reading Initiatives: A Major Effort by the Libraries of the San Antonio de los Baños Community, Havana Province | accessdate=2006-06-19 | journal=World Libraries | author=Maricela Corvo de Armas | coauthors=Jane Carpenter | year=2003 | month=Spring-Fall | volume=13 | id=ISSN|1092-7441]There is an
Air Force Base (AFB) of the same name near the town. It was built duringWorld War II by the Americans, [cite web | url=http://www.scramble.nl/cu.htm | title=Cuban Air Force | publisher=Scramble | accessdate=2006-06-19] who called it "The Cayuga" and used it as a base for theB-24 Liberator planes patrolling theCaribbean . After the war, it was handed over to the Cuban government and used by theCuban Air Force . In a 1962 briefing paper on theCuban Missile Crisis prepared by officials at theUnited States Department of Defense , the base was identified as "the headquarters for the Cuban revolutionary Air Force and the assembly point for all MIGs, except the MIG-21, which [had] previously been received in Cuba." [cite web | url=http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/forrel/cuba/cuba001.htm | title=The Avalon Project: The Cuban Missile Crisis | accessdate=2006-06-19]Demographics
In 2004, the municipality of San Antonio de los Baños had a population of 46,300.Cite web| url=http://www.atenas.inf.cu/todo/Estadisticas/TABLA%20No_3balance.htm| title=2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality| author= Atenas.cu| year= 2004| accessdate=2007-10-07 Es icon] With a total area of km2 to mi2|127|abbr=yes|wiki=yes,Cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/ycu.html|title=Municipios of Cuba|author=Statoids| year=2003| month=July| accessdate=2007-10-07 ] it has a population density of Pop density km2 to mi2|364.6|abbr=yes.
The municipality is divided into the
barrio s of Número Uno, Número Dos, Número Tres, Número Cuatro, Ceiba del Agua, Norte, Sur and Vereda Nueva.Cite web|url=http://www.guije.com/pueblo/municipios/hsanantoniob/index.htm|title=San Antonio de los Baños|author=Guije.com|accessdate=2007-10-07 Es icon]ee also
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Municipalities of Cuba
*List of cities in Cuba References
External links
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CU/11/San_Antonio_de_los_Banos.html Information about San Antonio de Los Baños]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/cuba/af-base.htm Map showing AFBs in Cuba]Geographic Location (8-way)
Centre = San Antonio de los Baños
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