Mella (Cuba)
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Coordinates: 20 ° 22 ′ N , 75 ° 55 ′ W
Mella on the map of Cuba
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 Cuba
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| province | Santiago de Cuba |
| City foundation | 1825 |
| Residents | 33,667 (2005) |
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| surface | 335.2 |
| Population density | 100.4 inhabitants / km 2 |
| height | 120 m |
| prefix | + 53-22 |
| Time zone | UTC -5 |
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Mella is a city and a municipality in the far north of the Cuban province of Santiago de Cuba on the border with the province of Holguín . The main industry is sugar growing.
The place of Mangos de Baraguá is of historical interest , where General Antonio Maceo delivered a protest note against the peace of Zanjón to the Spaniards.
The Municipio Mella has 33,667 inhabitants spread over an area of 335 km², which corresponds to a population density of 100.4 per km².
The small town of Mella was originally called Miranda, after the sugar factory around which it was built. After the Cuban Revolution , with the nationalization of the sugar industry in August 1961, both the factory and the site were renamed in honor of communist activist and student leader Julio Antonio Mella .
Web links
- Municipio Mella in the official Cuban online encyclopedia EcuRed (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Santiago.cu: Municipalities of Santiago de Cuba ( Spanish ) 2006. Archived from the original on December 15, 2007. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 5, 2008. (Spanish)
- ↑ Monumentos ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Joven Club Mella website, accessed December 19, 2012 (Spanish)
