Maisí

Maisí
Coordinates: 20 ° 15 ′  N , 74 ° 9 ′  W Maisí​ Maisí is the easternmost city and the easternmost municipality of Cuba.
Basic data
Country	Cuba
province	Guantánamo
Residents	2938  (2016)
- in the metropolitan area	28,679
Detailed data
surface	523.31 km²
Population density	54.8 inhabitants / km 2
Waters	Atlantic Ocean , Caribbean
Post Code	99370
prefix	(0053) -21
Time zone	UTC -5
Swell:
South coast of the Municipios Maisí

Maisí is a city and a municipality in the far east of Cuba and belongs to the Guantánamo province . The administrative seat of the municipality is not Maisí, but the larger town of La Máquina. The easternmost point of Cuba is located on the territory of the municipality - the "Punta de Maisí". In pre-colonial times the Taíno called this place "Baitiquiri". The Faro de Punta de Maisí lighthouse was built on this very spot from 1857 to 1862 .

geography

The Municipio Maisí has ​​a total area of ​​523.31 km². It is surrounded in the north, east and south by the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean . The municipality of Baracoa forms the north-western, Imías the south-western border.

traffic

Maísí can be reached via a small road that joins the La Farola pass road in the north and south, and thus into the Carretera Central road . To the east of the city of Maisí is the small airport Aeropuerto Alfredo Noa Díaz .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oficina Nacional de Estadística e Información (ONEI): 1.4 - Extensión superficial, población y densidad de población, año 2016 (conclusión). (PDF) Retrieved January 7, 2019 (Spanish). 
2. ↑ Oficina Nacional de Estadística e Información (ONEI): 3.5 - Población residente clasificada por sexo, zonas urbana y rural, provincias y municipios, año 2016 (conclusión). (PDF) Retrieved January 7, 2019 (Spanish). 
3. ↑ GeoData Limited: dataset Cuba. Retrieved January 7, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Cuban Tourist Office - Embassy of the Republic of Cuba: Telephone, ETECSA Empresa de Telecomunicaciones Cuba. Retrieved January 7, 2019 . 
5. ↑ www.taino-tribe.org: DICTIONARY - TAINO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE CARIBBEAN. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 13, 2007 ; accessed on January 7, 2019 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadística e Información (ONEI): 35. GUANTÁNAMO. Retrieved January 7, 2019 (Spanish). 
7. ↑ OurAirports.com: UMA pilot info. Retrieved January 7, 2019 .