Nicaro-Levisa Explained

Official Name:Nicaro-Levisa
Other Name:(Nicaro / Levisa / Levisa-Nicaro)
Settlement Type:Village
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Pushpin Map:Cuba
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Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Nicaro-Levisa in Cuba
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Cuba
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Holguín
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Mayarí
Established Title:Founded
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:20,000
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:-5
Coordinates:20.679°N -75.5416°W
Elevation M:8
Area Code:+53-24[1]

Nicaro-Levisa,[2] also Levisa-Nicaro, is a Cuban town and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Mayarí, in Holguín Province, formed by the settlements of Nicaro and Levisa. With a population of about 20,000, it is the most populated village in the municipality after Mayarí.

History

Nicaro was originally named Lengua de Pajaro, which translated into English means "bird's tongue", due to the shape of its peninsula, as viewed from an air ride.

Geography

Located on Levisa Bay just below Cayo Saetía, and crossed by the River Levisa, Nicaro-Levisa is from Mayarí, from Moa and about from Holguín. The town is composed by the settlements of Nicaro (20.7043°N -75.5493°W) and Levisa (20.665°N -75.5419°W). Nicaro lies on a peninsula in the middle of the bay and Levisa more in the inland, very close to the villages of La Italiana and El Purio. The town is surrounded by the Sierra Cristal mountains, part of the Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa range.

Transport

See also: Nicaro Airport. The principal road serving the town is the national road 123 (Carretera de Mayarí) that links Cueto with Baracoa, at the eastern end of the Carretera Central. It counts a railway serving the open mine named "Mina Martí" (for nickel and cobalt exploitation),[3] and the nickel plant "Comandante René Ramos Latour",[4] [5] located near the airport. Nicaro Airport is a minor airfield located in front of Levisa Bay and the Port of Nicaro lies in the northernmost point of the peninsula.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://prozzone.proz-hosting.com/phone/Cuba/Nicaro-levisa.htm Dialing code of Nicaro-Levisa
  2. Source: Mapa de Carreteras de Cuba (Road map of Cuba). Ediciones GEO, Havana 2011 -
  3. https://archive.org/details/nicaro_nickel_company Nicaro Nickel Company on archive.org
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=OjFA2QFqnioC&dq=nickel+plant+Comandante+Ren%C3%A9+Ramos+Latour&pg=PA186 Infos
  5. http://www.radioangulo.cu/en/news/holguin/11023-companies-in-holguin-free-of-chlorofluorocarbon.html Article on radiangulo.cu
  6. http://ports.com/cuba/puerto-de-nicaro/ The Port of Nicaro on ports.com