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Isla de la Juventud

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Coordinates: 21°45′N 82°51′W / 21.750°N 82.850°W / 21.750; -82.850 (Isla de la Juventud)

Isla de la Juventud
Province o Cuba
KintraCuba
CaipitalNueva Gerona
Area
 • Total2419 km2 (934 sq mi)
Population
 (2010-12-31)[1]
 • Total86,420
 • Density36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
Area code(s)+53-061

Isla de la Juventud[2] ("Isle o Youth") is the seicont-lairgest Cuban island an the seivent-lairgest island in the Wast Indies (efter Cuba itsel, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, an Andros Island). The island wis cried the Isle o Pines (Isla de Pinos) till it wis renamit in 1978. The island haes an aurie 2,200 km2 (850 sq mi) an is 50 km sooth o the island o Cuba, across the Gulf of Batabanó. The island lies amaist directly sooth o Havana an Pinar del Río an is a Special Municipality (2,419 km2), no pairt o ony province. The Isle o Youth is, therefore, admeenistered directly bi the central govrenment o Cuba.

The lairgest o the 350 islands in the Canarreos Airchipelago (Archipiélago de los Canarreos), the island haes an estimatit population o 100,000. The caipital an lairgest ceety is Nueva Gerona in the north, an the seicont-lairgest an auldest ceety is Santa Fe in the interior. Ither commonties include Columbia, Mac Kinley, Santa Bárbara, Cuchilla Alta, Punta del Este, Sierra de Caballos an Sierra de Casas.

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  1. ↑ a b "Lugar que ocupa el territorio según la superficie y la población" (PDF). Una MIRADA a Cuba (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas. Cuba. 2010. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 11 Mairch 2019. Retrieved 3 Julie 2012.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  2. ↑ Directorate of Intelligence (16 August 2007). "The World Factbook — Cuba". Archived frae the original on 10 Februar 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2007.

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