Jovellanos

Jovellanos

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subdivision_name1 = Matanzas
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established_title = Founded
established_date = 1842 (Corral de la Bemba)
established_title2 = Established
established_date2 = February 26, 1866
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footnotes = Jovellanos is a municipality and city in the Matanzas Province of Cuba.

The municipality is divided into the barrios of Asunción, Isabel, Realengo and San José.Cite web|url=http://www.guije.com/pueblo/municipios/mjovellanos/index.htm|title=Jovellanos|author=Guije.com|accessdate=2007-10-07 Es icon]

It was founded in 1842 as Corral de la Bemba on the location of an old ranch called "Bemba". It took its current name in 1870, in honor of the Spanish writer Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos. The same year it achieved the status of "villa" (town).

Jovellanos is an industrial town, with large and small factories, while sugar cane is cultivated in the surrounding areas.

Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of Jovellanos had a population of 58,685.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|505|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|116.2|abbr=yes.

ee also

*Municipalities of Cuba
*List of cities in Cuba

References

Geographic Location (8-way)
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  • Jovellanos, Gaspar Melchor de — • Spanish statesman and man of letters, at Gijon, Asturias, 5 Jan., 1744, d. at Puerto de Vega on the borders of Asturias, 27 Nov., 1811 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

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