Sandino, Cuba

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subdivision_name1 = Pinar del Río
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footnotes = Sandino is a municipality and city in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba.

The town is located close to the coast and as such, fishing is the main economic resource of this place. It is also the gateway to the Guanahacabibes peninsula, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

Education

and Isabel Rubio (approximately an are of about km to mi|70). Sandino is the newest pole of the Cuban university program ELAM (Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina) where the Cuban government has placed many similar medical faculties. Many of the students are from Latin América and Caribbean countries such as Guyana, Argentina, Ecuador, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Bolivia, Peru, Suriname, Dominica, St. Lucia, Belize, Jamaica, Haiti, St. Vincent, Antigua, Solomon Islands, Nauru, Grenada, Barbados and more countries to be expected like Tuvalu and the Philippines.Fact|date=October 2007 They are part of the new education program of the "Escuela Latin Americana de Medicina".There are several campuses located in this municipality. Most only contain people from one country (300 or more students), but there are others such as ELAM 10 that have more than 15 nationalities enrolled. These are however in lesser quantities and have a total of up to 500 students.

Transportation

There are not many roads in this municipality. And even out of this little number, most roads do not have names. The locations are identified by the farms they lead towards. There are regular buses that frequent the town of Sandino, and straight to several locations as Guane, Isabel Rubio and Pinar del Río. It is not uncommon to see oxcarts, donkey-carts and horse-driven carts. Most people have to walk great distances before they can find viable transportation. Hitchhiking is very common in these areas.

Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of Sandino had a population of 39,245.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|1718|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|22.8|abbr=yes.

ee also

*Municipalities of Cuba
*List of cities in Cuba

References

External links

* [http://www.villacabosanantonio.com/ Villa Cabo San Antonio]
* [http://www.villamarialagorda.com/ Villa Maria La Gorda - International Diving Centre]