- Guanabo
Location map |Cuba1
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caption=Location of Guanabo inCuba Guanabo is a town in the Ciudad de la Habana Province of
Cuba . It is located within the municipality ofHabana del Este halfway between the centre ofHavana andSanta Cruz del Norte , at the mouth of the "Guanabo River", between theAtlantic Ocean coast and the "Sierra del Canchón" (mountain range).Guanabo is a seaside touristic town, with small scale villas and a few low rise hotels.
The town was founded in
1800 . In1827 it was the place where the "Peñas Altas" uprising was crushed by troops from Havana (Peñas Altas is a neighbourhood east of Guanabo).In the late
1990 's it was known as asexual tourism destination.Who|date=October 2007Prostitution has since been cracked down by large police interventions, and (as of 2005) it is not uncommon to see police units constantly patrolling the town.Fact|date=October 2007External links
* [http://www.guije.com/pueblo/municipios/hsantac/index.htm#guanabo Town info] (Spanish)
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