Yateras

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Yateras
Coordinates: 20 ° 12 ′  N , 75 ° 9 ′  W
Map: Cuba
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Yateras
Yateras is a municipality in the southeast of Cuba.
Basic data
Country Cuba
province Guantánamo
Residents 3309  (2016)
- in the metropolitan area 19,241
Detailed data
surface 625.34 km²
Population density 30.8 inhabitants / km 2
Waters Atlantic Ocean , Caribbean
Post Code 99420
prefix (0053) -21
Time zone UTC -5
Swell:
The locality of Felicidad in the municipality of Yateras
The locality of Felicidad in the municipality of Yateras

Yateras is a municipality in southeastern Cuba and belongs to the Guantánamo province . The administrative seat of the municipality is located in Palenque.

geography

The municipality of Yateras has a total area of ​​625.34 km². It borders the province of Holguín in the north and connects to the Municipio Baracoa in the east, San Antonio del Sur in the southeast, Manuel Tames in the south and the provincial capital Guantánamo in the west .

Attractions

About 24 km from Guantánamo on the Finca San Lorenzo is the open-air museum "Museo Zoológico de Piedra". The sculptor Ángel Iñigo Blanco, who comes from a farming family, has been creating a park there since 1977 made of stone figures depicting animal species. For example, lions, snakes, tapirs, buffaloes, rhinos and gorillas are presented to visitors.

traffic

Yateras (to Palenque) is connected to Manuel Tames and Guantánamo city by a country road . In general, the rest of the municipality is poorly developed.

Individual evidence

  1. Oficina Nacional de Estadística e Información (ONEI): 1.4 - Extensión superficial, población y densidad de población, año 2016 (conclusión). (PDF) Retrieved February 18, 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 February 18, 2019 (Spanish).
  3. GeoData Limited: dataset Cuba. Retrieved February 18, 2019 .
  4. Cuban Tourist Office - Embassy of the Republic of Cuba: Telephone, ETECSA Empresa de Telecomunicaciones Cuba. Retrieved February 18, 2019 .
  5. ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadística e Información (ONEI): 35. GUANTÁNAMO. Retrieved February 18, 2019 (Spanish).
  6. Cubaworld.de: Guantánamo. Archived from the original on March 17, 2011 ; accessed on February 18, 2019 .