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Nuevitas

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Nuevitas is a municipality and port town in the Camagüey Province of Cuba. The large bay was sighted by Christopher Columbus and crew during their first voyage of exploration in 1492.

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Place details

Locality
Nuevitas
Region
Camagüey
Country
Cuba
Population
54,022

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Nuevitas
Settlement.other_name
Nuevitas "La Bella"
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline
The Cuba review (1907-1931) (20183630753).jpg
Settlement.imagesize
220px
Settlement.image_caption
A photograph of the town overlooking Nuevitas Bay, taken in the early 1900s.
Settlement.image_shield
Shield_of_Nuevitas.jpg
Settlement.shield_size
120x90px
Settlement.image_map
Nuevitas (Cuban municipal map).png
Settlement.map_caption
Nuevitas municipality (red) within Camagüey Province (yellow) and Cuba
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Cuba
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Camagüey
Settlement.established_title
Established
Settlement.established_date
1818
Settlement.area_total_km2
415
Settlement.population_as_of
2022

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Nuevitas is a municipality and port town in the Camagüey Province of Cuba. The large bay was sighted by Christopher Columbus and crew during their first voyage of exploration in 1492.

==History== Founded in 1775 during the time of the Spanish Empire, the city was moved to its present site in 1828. Before the 1977 national municipal reform, Nuevitas was divided into the barrios of Primero, Segundo, Tercero, Alvaro Reinoso, Lugareño, Redención, San Miguel and Senado.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nuevitas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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