Camagüey

Also known as Puerto Principe

Camagüey () is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third-largest city with more than 333,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province.

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Camagüey is Cuba's third-largest city, located in the central part of the island with a population of more than 333,000 people. It serves as the capital of Camagüey Province and is an important urban center in the country.

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Camagüey
Settlement.nickname: City of the Big Jars (Ciudad de los Tinajones)
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_caption: Maceo street of Camagüey
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of arms of the city of Camagüey, Cuba.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 120x90px
Settlement.image_map: Camagüey (Cuban municipal map).png
Settlement.map_caption: Camagüey municipality (red) within Camagüey Province (yellow) and Cuba
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Cuba
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Camagüey
Settlement.leader_title: President
Settlement.leader_name: Dixamy Rodríguez Gómez
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1528
Settlement.area_total_km2: 1106
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: big city
Official name: Camagüey
Country: Cuba
Located in: Camagüey Province
Official language: Spanish
Population: 354000
Area: 1106
Elevation: 5
Time zone: Eastern Time Zone
Capital of: Camagüey Province
Shares border with: Vertientes
Official website: www.camaguey.cu
Image: Camaguey rooftops 2.jpg
Dialing code: 322

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topic's main category: Category:Camagüey
native label: Camagüey
category for people born here: Category:Births in Camagüey
twinned administrative body: Mérida
Commons category: Camagüey
Commons gallery: Camagüey
postal code: 70100
category of associated people: Category:People from Camagüey
inception: 1514-00-00
different from: city
member of: Organization of World Heritage Cities
P12749: Leonel Suárez

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Geography
Demographics
Culture
Infrastructure
Street layout
Architecture
Transport
Climate
Political-administrative division
Sport
Education
Instituto Pre-Universitario Vocacional de Ciencias Exactas
Other high schools
University
Notable residents
Gallery
See also
References
Bibliography
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Camagüey () is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third-largest city with more than 333,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province.

It was founded as Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe in 1514, by Spanish colonists on the northern coast and moved inland in 1528, to the site of a Taino village named Camagüey. It was one of the seven original settlements (villas) founded in Cuba by the Spanish. After Henry Morgan burned the city in the 17th century, it was redesigned like a maze so attackers would find it hard to move around inside the city.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Camagüey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.