Batabanó is a municipality and city in the Mayabeque Province

Mayabeque Province

Mayabeque Province is one of two new provinces in Cuba, which creation was approved by the Cuban National Assembly by splitting former La Habana province....

 of Cuba

Cuba

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The municipality is crossed by a number of small rivers, among them Río Guanabo, Río San Felipe, Río Pacheco, Río San Juan and Río Santa Gertrudis. A marina is located in the port of Batabano (Surgidero de Batabanó). This port is dated back to the 16th century and functioned as the south port of Havana for the coastline navigation to other Cuban cities before the railroad connected all the country in the 19th century. Nowadays is the main port for the communication to Isla de la Juventud and Cayo Largo del Sur

Cayo Largo del Sur

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 with ferryboat and passenger regular services, as well as, an important fishing port.

The Batabano cay

Cay

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s, developed in the sea south of the community are part of the Canarreos Archipelago

Canarreos Archipelago

Canarreos Archipelago is an archipelago of Cuba.It is located south of the main island of Cuba, in the Caribbean Sea, at . It is bordered to the east by the Gulf of Cazones, to the north by the Gulf of Batabano and to the west by the Los Indios Channel....

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Batabanó was founded in 1688.

Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of Batabanó had a population of 25,664. With a total area of 187 km² (72.2 sq mi), it has a population density of 137.2 /km2.

The municipality is divided into the barrio

Barrio

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s of Pueblo de Batabanó, Surgidero, Camacho, Pozo Redondo, La Julia and Sopapo.