Cotorro Explained

Official Name:Cotorro
Settlement Type:Municipality of Havana
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Cotorro in Cuba
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Cuba
Subdivision Type1:Province
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Yaima Valle Barrios
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:66
Population As Of:2004
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:74650
Population Density Km2:1131
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:-5
Coordinates:23.0261°N -82.2475°W
Area Code:+53-7
Parts Type:Wards (Consejos Populares)
Parts Style:para
P1:Alberro
P2:Cuatro Caminos
P3:Lotería
P4:San Pedro-Centro Cotorro
P5:Santa Maria del Rosario
P6:Magdalena-Torriente

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Municipios of Cuba. Statoids. July 2003. 2007-10-06.
  2. Web site: 2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality. https://web.archive.org/web/20060714001016/http://www.atenas.inf.cu/todo/Estadisticas/TABLA%20No_3balance.htm. dead. 2006-07-14. Atenas.cu. 2004. 2007-10-06. es.