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Nuevitas

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

Key dates

Inception: 1818

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of Cuba
Country: Cuba
Located in: Camagüey Province
Population: +38995
Area: +415
Elevation: +20
Image: Cuba SantaLucia1 tango7174.jpg

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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.