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Old Havana
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Key facts
- Country
- Cuba
- Province
- Havana
- Founded
- November 16, 1519
- Wards consejos populares
- Belén , Catedral , Jesús María , Plaza Vieja , Prado , San Isidro , Tallapiedra
- Total
- 4 km (1.5 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 50 m (160 ft)
- Density
- 20,000/km (52,000/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Area code
- +53-7
- Official name
- Old Havana and its Fortification System
- Type
- Cultural
- Criteria
- iv, v
- Designated
- 1982 (6th session )
- Contracting state
- Cuba
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- urban area
- Country
- Cuba
- Located in
- Havana Province
- Population
- 95383
- Area
- 214
- Elevation
- 11
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Body of water
- Florida Strait
- Image
- Old Square, Havana.jpg
- Dialing code
- 78
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- twinned administrative body
- Córdoba
- Commons category
- Havana Vieja
- postal code
- 10100
- native label
- La Habana Vieja
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Encyclopedic overview
Old Havana (Spanish: La Habana Vieja) is the city-center (downtown) and one of the 15 municipalities (or boroughs) forming Havana, Cuba. It has the second highest population density in the city and contains the core of the original city of Havana. The positions of the original Havana city walls are the modern boundaries of Old Havana.
In 1982, Old Havana was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List, because of its unique Baroque and neoclassical architecture, its fortifications, and its historical importance as a stop on the route to the New World. A safeguarding campaign was launched a year later to restore the authentic character of the buildings.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Old Havana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.