Bauta, Cuba

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established_date = January 14, 1879Fact|date=June 2008
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footnotes = Bauta is a municipality and city located 25 miles southwest of the city of Havana, in the Havana Province of Cuba.

It was founded in January 14, 1879.Fact|date=June 2008

Bauta is a regional trading center for the local farm community. Regional crops include sugarcane, pineapple, tobacco, root vegetables, and citrus fruits. In recent years Bauta has become a haven for Cuban artists and musicians.

Bauta is probably best known internationally as the site of a Soviet listening post that spied on the United States until 2000, when the facility, known as the "Lourdes Base" was closed by the Russian government.

Rio Baracoa crosses the municipality, and Playa Baracoa is established at its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico.

Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of Bauta had a population of 45,509.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|157|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|289.9|abbr=yes.

The municipality is divided into the barrios of Anafe, Baracoa, Bauta, Cangrejeras, Félix E. Alpízar (Corralillo), General Antonio Maceo (San Pedro), Guatao and Punta Brava.

ee also

*Municipalities of Cuba
*List of cities in Cuba

References