Colón (Cuba)

Colón
Coordinates: 22 ° 43 ′  N , 80 ° 54 ′  W Colón​ Colón on the map of Cuba
Basic data
Country	Cuba
province	Matanzas
City foundation	1846
Residents	72,000  (2012)
Detailed data
surface	597 km 2
Population density	110.6 inhabitants / km 2
height	60  m
prefix	(+53) 52
Time zone	UTC -5
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Colón is a city and a municipality in the northeast of the Cuban province of Matanzas .

geography

The municipality is located north of Calimete and southeast of Perico and has an area of ​​597 km². Colón is divided into seven districts ( Barrio ): Agüica, Este, Guareiras, Jacán, Laguna Grande, Oeste and Palmillas. The area is mainly agricultural, sugar cane, tobacco and oranges are grown.

As of 2012, the municipality has 72,000 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 120.6 inhabitants per square kilometer.

history

The settlement was officially established in 1846.

On August 4, 1989, a serious railway accident occurred near Colón when two passenger trains collided head-on at high speed. The two leading locomotives and four passenger cars were destroyed. 32 people died and 17 were also injured.

Web links

• Colón at guije.com (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Población al 14 de Septiembre de 2012. Oficina Nacional de Estadística, September 14, 2012, accessed on February 8, 2017 (Spanish). 
2. ^ Peter WB Semmens: Catastrophes on rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 , p. 221.