Arcos de Canasí

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Arcos de Canasí is a small town in the east of the La Habana Province of Cuba.

The town was founded in 1738 at the mouths of the "Rio Canasi". Due to frequent flooding, the town was moved to higher ground in 1808, on the actual location.

It was its own municipality (administering an area of km2 to mi2|125 [ [http://www.guije.com/pueblo/municipios/marcos/index.htm Historic municipality webpage] ] ) of the Matanzas Province until 1976, when its territories were re-distributed to the Santa Cruz del Norte municipality of the La Habana Province.

The town's economy is mainly agriculture. Farmers offering cheese and fruit on the side of the Via Blanca highway are an every day sight.

Intense oil exploatation is active on the Atlantic Ocean coast just north of the town.

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