Havana (cub)

Havana

Havana ranks 112th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Shizuoka (city), Minsk, and Ljubljana. Memorable people born in Havana include José Raúl Capablanca, José Martí, and Alberto Korda. Memorable people who died in Havana include Fidel Castro, Ramón Mercader, and Juan Ponce de León. Havana has been the birth place of many athletes, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Havana is located in Cuba.

Havana is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. It is the most populous city, the largest by area, and the second largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean region. The population in 2021 was 2,142,939 inhabitants, and its area is 728.26 km2 (281.18 sq mi) for the capital city side and 8,475.57 km2 for the metropolitan zone. Its official population was 1,749,964 inhabitants in 2024. Read more on Wikipedia