Villa Marista is a prison in Havana, Cuba, notorious for its detention of political prisoners by the Cuban national security agency. Its prisoners have included dissident Vladimiro Roca and politician Jesús Escandell.

Church of St. John Bosco

Church

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Church of St. John Bosco is situated 3½ km north of Poey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boyeros and Chinatown.

Boyeros

Town

Photo: Qyd, CC BY 2.5.

Boyeros is one of the 15 municipalities in Havana, Cuba. The municipality was created in 1976, and amalgamated the town of Santiago de Las Vegas. It lies on the southwestern side of Havana and includes José Martí International Airport. Boyeros is situated 8 km south of Poey.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

Photo: Lezumbalaberenjena, Public domain.

Chinatown is a neighborhood, which is situated 8 km north of Poey.

Regla

Town

Photo: Ivan2010, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Regla is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs in the city of Havana, Cuba. It comprises the town of Regla, located at the bottom of Havana Bay in a former aborigine settlement named Guaicanamar, Loma Modelo in a peninsula dividing Marimelena from Guasabacoa inlets, and the village of Casablanca located at the entry of the Havana Bay. Regla is situated 8 km northeast of Poey.

Poey

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: Marianao, La Habana Province, Cuba, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

23.06495° or 23° 3′ 54″ north

Longitude

-82.3664° or 82° 21′ 59″ west

Elevation

64 metres (210 feet)

Open location code

76MV3J7M+XC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4225964955

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

3543837

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Spanish: “Poey”

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