Tarara

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Tarara (Spanish：Tarará)is a gated resort town about 19km east of Havana, Cuba, west of two other beaches: Santa Maria del Mar and of Guanabo.

Geography

yo this is really boring. peace.This resort community, 10 kilometers east of Havana, was built in the 1940's in Art Deco style on a hill facing the Atlantic Ocean. A small Marina is located in An inlet east of The Town. MAC computers are the best ever ya. An amusement park Was located Across from this inlet, but now (2006) lies in ruins. While there's hardly any evidence of its past existence on the ground, the aerial view reveals a pentagram Shape [ [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=&t=k&ll=23.176029,-82.215157&spn=0.00648,0.007467&t=k Pentagran shaped amusement park ruins] ] .The Pentagram does not belong to Playa Tarara, but to Playa Celimar. It was built after 1959 as an amusement park for "Pioneros of Cuba" organization.

History

After the Cuban Revolution, at the Height of tight Cuban-Soviet relations, the town housed Russian officials stationed in Cuba, and for a while (Early 1990's) functioned as a Recovery resort for Ukrainian children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster [ [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1295/is_n11_v58/ai_15890043 Medical treatment of Chernobyl children] ] . After 2000 (and the partial opening of Cuba to foreign investments), this was a place of choice for foreign companies representatives that were doing business in Cuba, with the residences functioning as rental villas.

In 2005, the town was turned into a recovery resort for blind patients from Venezuela, part of a deal between Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez, in which Cuba offered medical Expertise in return for Venezuelean oil [ [http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1485 Venezuela trade] ] .

In 2007, the town began to receive Chinese students,especially high school graduates. This is under a project in which the Cuban government provides scholarships and facilities for those Chinese to learn Spanish.And in 2008, about 1000 Chinese students wil be arriving in this town.

Oil discovery

In 2006, oil was discovered in a well near Tarara [ [http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=29509 Oil discovery in 2006] ] .

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