Guanabacoa

Guanabacoa is a colonial township in eastern Havana, Cuba, and one of the 15 municipalities of the city. It is famous for its historical Santería and is home to the first African Cabildo in Havana.

Trivia

• Four Major League Baseball players were born in Guanabacoa: Emilio Palmero (1895), Tony Ordenana (1918), Rene Valdez (1929), and Evelio Hernández (1931). Also famous news reporter Rick Sanchez (1958) was born in Guanabacoa.

External links

Cuba portal

• Guanabacoa in Ciudades, Pueblos y Lugares Cubanos/Guije.com. (In Spanish.) Website about the town's history prior to 1960. The pictures in this site have all been taken after 1960. The viewer will see significant decay thoroughout the pictures, whereas Guanabacoa was a prosperous town before the Castro regime took over, neglect, apathy and poverty have turned this once properous town with beautiful colonial architecture into a mass of dilapidated buildings.

Coordinates: 23°07′N 82°18′W / 23.12°N 82.30°W / 23.12; -82.30 (Guanabacoa)

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