Güines
Sign in to saveGüines is a municipality and town in the Mayabeque Province of Cuba. It is located southeast of Havana, next to the Mayabeque River. It is the most populated town, but not the capital, of its province.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Güines
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Güines (1817).jpg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x90px
- Settlement.image_map
- Güines (Cuban municipal map).png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Güines municipality (red) within Mayabeque Province (yellow) and Cuba
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Cuba
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Mayabeque
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1735
Key dates
- Inception
- 1735
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Cuba
- Country
- Cuba
- Located in
- Mayabeque Province
- Population
- +66892
- Area
- +445
- Elevation
- +65
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Image
- Guines cuba 09 05 2010 ERS07.jpg
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Güines is a municipality and town in the Mayabeque Province of Cuba. It is located southeast of Havana, next to the Mayabeque River. It is the most populated town, but not the capital, of its province.
== History == The city was founded in 1737 by the Spanish. Prior to the arrival of the Spanish, what is now Güines was part of a region ruled by the Indian chief Habaguanex.