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Holguín is a municipality and city, the capital of the Cuba
Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
n Province Holguín
Holguín Province

Holgu?n is one of the provinces of Cuba Cuba, the second most populous after Havana. It lies in the southeast of the country. Its major cities include Holgu?n , Banes, Cuba, Antilla, Cuba, Mayar?, Cuba, and Moa, Cuba....
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as founded as San Isidoro de Holguín in 1545, and it is named after its founder García de Holguín, a Spanish military officer. Prior to 1976, Holguin was located in the province of Oriente
Oriente

Oriente was one of six provinces of Cuba until 1976. It was known as "Santiago de Cuba Province" before 1905. The name is still used to refer to the eastern part of the country....
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e are several small city parks, most central the Calixto García in the downtown area.






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Holguín is a municipality and city, the capital of the Cuba
Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
n Province Holguín
Holguín Province

Holgu?n is one of the provinces of Cuba Cuba, the second most populous after Havana. It lies in the southeast of the country. Its major cities include Holgu?n , Banes, Cuba, Antilla, Cuba, Mayar?, Cuba, and Moa, Cuba....
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History

It was founded as San Isidoro de Holguín in 1545, and it is named after its founder García de Holguín, a Spanish military officer. Prior to 1976, Holguin was located in the province of Oriente
Oriente

Oriente was one of six provinces of Cuba until 1976. It was known as "Santiago de Cuba Province" before 1905. The name is still used to refer to the eastern part of the country....
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Infrastructure

There are several small city parks, most central the Calixto García in the downtown area. Close by one finds the galleries
Art gallery

An art gallery or art museum is a space for the art exhibition, usually visual art. Paintings are the most commonly displayed art objects; however, sculpture, photographs, illustrations, installation art and objects from the applied arts may also be shown....
 Centro Provincial de Arte and Bayado, a library
Library

A library is a collection of information, sources, resources, books, and services, and the structure in which it is housed: it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual....
, the club Casa de la Trova, the Martí cinema
Movie theater

A movie theater, movie theatre, picture theatre, film theater or cinema is a venue, usually a building, for viewing film ....
, the Theatre Eddy Suñol, the Province Museum La Periquera, a science museum, and a history museum. From the hill Loma de la Cruz, where a large crucifix is installed, which can be ascended by its 465 stairs, one can oversee the whole city.

Holguín has a baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
 stadium
Stadium

A modern stadium is a place, or venue, for outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event....
. The Frank País International Airport
Frank Pais Airport

Frank Pa?s Airport is an international airport that serves the city of Holgu?n in Cuba....
 (city code HOG) is connected to Havana
Havana

Havana is the capital city, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city is one of the 14 Provinces of Cuba. The city/province has 2.1 million inhabitants, and the urban area over 3.5 million, making Havana the largest city in both Cuba and the Caribbean....
 and several other world destinations.

The municipality is divided into the barrio
Barrio

Barrio is a Spanish language word meaning district or neighborhood. The word has come into use in English language mostly through the large Hispanic populations on both coasts of the United States....
s of Aguarás, Aguas Claras, Alcalá, Arroyo Blanco del Sur, Báguanos, Cabezuelas, Cacocún, Calderón, Camazán, Cauto del Cristo, Corralillo, Cruces de Purnio, Damián, Floro Pérez, Guabasiabo, Guayabal, Guirabo, Haticos del Purial, La Aguada, La Cuaba, La Palma, La Rioja, Las Calabazas, Managuaco, Melones, Norte, Omaja, Purnio, San Agustín, San Andrés, San Francisco, San Juan, San Lorenzo, Santa Rita, Sur, Tacámara, Tasajeras, Uñas, Uñitas, Velasco, Yareyal and Yayal.

The main secondary education institution is the University of Holguín
University of Holguín

The University of Holgu?n "Oscar Lucero Moya" is a university located in Holgu?n, Cuba. It was founded in 1978 and is organized in 5 Faculties....
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Economy

The brewery Cerveceria Bucanero
Cerveceria Bucanero

Cerveceria Bucanero is the largest brewery in Cuba, based in Holgu?n.It brews such brands as Bucanero, Mayabe and the more popular Cristal....
 - a joint venture with Labatt of Canada - is based in the city. It makes three brands of beer (Bucanero, Cristal and Mayabe) sold in convertible pesos
Cuban convertible peso

The convertible peso , is one of two official currencies in Cuba, the other being the Cuban peso. It has been in limited use since 1994, when it was treated as equivalent to the U.S....
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Near Holguin, the Villa El Quinque and the Villa El Cocal are world-renowned centers for addictions treatment, receiving patients from around the world. Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona is a former Argentina Association football player, and current coach of the Argentina national football team. For the FIFA Player of the Century award, he finished first in the internet voting portion, sharing the overall award with Pel?....
 was treated for his cocaine addiction there. The popular Playa Pesqueros (Fisherman's Beach), is located with 40km.

Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of Holguín had a population of 326,740. With a total area of , it has a population density of .

Notable residents

  • Faustino Oramas
    Faustino Oramas

    Faustino Oramas Osor?o, El Guayabero, was a Cuban singer, tres guitarist and composer, the last surviving member of the traditional Cuban trova....
    , Cuban composer and musician.
  • Mario Kindelan, Olympic
    Olympic

    Olympic may refer to:In sports:* Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896* Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece between 776 BC and 393 AD...
     Gold Medalist amateur boxer.


Sister cities

  • Santa Fe, New Mexico
    Santa Fe, New Mexico

    Santa Fe is the Capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the List of cities in New Mexico and is the county seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 62,203 at the United States Census, 2000; the estimate for July 1, 2006, is 72,056....
    , USA


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