Havana

:This article is about the Cuban city. For other places named Havana, please see Havana (disambiguation)

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Havana (Spanish: San Crist?bal de La Habana;

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UN/LOCODE: Habana (CU HAV)) is the capital of Cuba and, with a population of 2.2 million, the largest city in the Caribbean. It is located at .

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Conquistador Diego Vel?zquez de Cu?llar founded Havana in 1515 on the southern coast of the island, near the current town Surgidero de Bataban?. Havana moved to its current location by the then called Carenas bay in 1519.

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Havana was originally as a trading port, and became the capital of the Spanish colony of Cuba in 1607, and the main port of the Spanish colonies in the New World.

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