Cotorro

Cotorro
Cotorro
Municipality of Havana
	Location of Cotorro in Havana
	Coordinates: 23°01′34″N 82°14′51″W / 23.02611°N 82.24750°W
Country	Cuba
Province	Havana
Wards (Consejos Populares)	Alberro, Cuatro Caminos, Lotería, San Pedro-Centro Cotorro, Santa Maria del Rosario, Magdalena-Torriente
Government
• President	Yaima Valle Barrios
Area
• Total	66 km2 (25 sq mi)
Population (2004)
• Total	74,650
• Density	1,131/km2 (2,930/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
Area code	+53-7

Cotorro, or San Pedro del Cotorro, is one of the 15 municipalities (municipios in Spanish) in the city of Havana, Cuba.

Overview

The municipality is situated by the Carretera Central (Central Highway), and main autopista (motorway). Cotorro is 16 km from Old Havana. Its foundation dates to 1822. By the end of the 1950s, Cotorro had grown in such a way that it was exceeding in extension and population to the head of the municipality.

Twin towns – sister cities

Campinas, Brazil

References

^ Statoids (July 2003). "Municipios of Cuba". Retrieved 2007-10-06.
^ Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2006-07-14. Retrieved 2007-10-06.

External links

Media related to Cotorro at Wikimedia Commons
Cotorro website
Cotorro cultural website

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[statoids-1] Statoids (July 2003). "Municipios of Cuba". Retrieved 2007-10-06.

[atenas-2] Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2006-07-14. Retrieved 2007-10-06.

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