Artemisa
Sign in to saveArtemisa () is a municipality and city in Cuba, formerly part of La Habana Province. According to a law approved by the Cuban National Assembly in August 2010, Artemisa became the capital city of the newly formed Artemisa Province, which comprises eight municipalities of the former La Habana Province and three from Pinar del Río. It has an area of 642.0 square kilometers and a population of over 86,444 inhabitants (2022).
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Key facts
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- Artemisa
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- Municipality
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- The Martyrs Mausoleum (Mausoleo de los Mártires)
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- Artemisa municipality (red) within Artemisa Province (yellow) and Cuba
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- Country
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- Cuba
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- Province
Key dates
- Inception
- 1 January 1818
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Cuba
- Country
- Cuba
- Located in
- Artemisa Province
- Population
- +86444
- Area
- +690
- Elevation
- +50
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Body of water
- Florida Strait
- Capital of
- Artemisa Province
- Image
- Artemisa mausoleo.jpg
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Artemisa () is a municipality and city in Cuba, formerly part of La Habana Province. According to a law approved by the Cuban National Assembly in August 2010, Artemisa became the capital city of the newly formed Artemisa Province, which comprises eight municipalities of the former La Habana Province and three from Pinar del Río. It has an area of 642.0 square kilometers and a population of over 86,444 inhabitants (2022).
Due to its coffee crops in the past and the bucolic local landscape, it has received the nickname "Jardín de Cuba" (Garden of Cuba) and is also known as the "Villa Roja" (Red Village) due to the color of its soils.