Playa, Havana

Location of Playa

Playa (Spanish for beach ) is a municipality in the rank of Municipalities in the Cuban capital of Havana Province and. The district Playa also includes the well-known district of Miramar.

In pre-Columbian settled in this area, near the coast and in relative proximity of four rivers, the indigenous people of the Taínos. For this reason, one of the largest numbers of archaeological finds in the city area were especially here registered.

Today, numerous embassies of foreign countries located in this municipality.

Miramar

Miramar is a formerly exclusive district of Havana. Today it belongs to the municipality of Playa. Before the Revolution, lived here the upper class of the country. Its main street, the Avenida Quinta, named after New York's Fifth Avenue, is considered the most beautiful street of Cuba referred.

Miramar is a very green area with beautiful parks, gardens and shady spots due to dense tree cover, where once strolled the higher society of Cuba.

Geographical Location

The municipality is located in the north- west of the capital and is home to 187 580 inhabitants in an area of 36.2 square kilometers, / corresponds to a population density of 3025.1 inhabitants km ². The length of the coastline is 12 kilometers.

Sons and daughters of the municipality

• Roberto Moya (born 1965 ), discus thrower
• Niala Collazo Hidalgo - Gato ( b. 1983 ), chess player