Arcos de Canasí explained

Official Name:Arcos de Canasí
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Cuba
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Arcos de Canasí in Cuba
Pushpin Mapsize:280
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Cuba
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Mayabeque
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Santa Cruz del Norte
Established Title:Founded
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:0.4058
Population As Of:2012
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:1810
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:-5
Coordinates:23.1125°N -81.7794°W
Elevation M:5
Area Code:+53-47

Arcos de Canasí Bacunayagya is a Cuban village and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Santa Cruz del Norte, in Mayabeque Province. Until 2011, it was part of the former La Habana Province.

History

The town was founded in 1738 at the mouths of the Rio Canasi. Due to frequent flooding, the town was moved to higher ground in 1808, on the actual location.

It was its own municipality (administering an area of 125km2[3]) of the Matanzas Province until 1976, when its territories were re-distributed to the Santa Cruz del Norte municipality of the La Habana Province. With the split of the La Habana Province in 2010, this municipality belongs currently to Mayabeque Province.

Economy

The town's economy is mainly agriculture. Farmers offering cheese and fruit on the side of the Via Blanca highway are an everyday sight.

Intense oil exploitation is active on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean just north of the town.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Santa Cruz del Norte (Municipality, Mayabeque Province, Cuba) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location .
  2. Web site: Santa Cruz del Norte (Municipality, Mayabeque Province, Cuba) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location .
  3. http://www.guije.com/pueblo/municipios/marcos/index.htm Historic municipality webpage