Playa

Playa is a municipality, located in the Havana province. It covers an area of 36.8 square kilometers, which makes up 8.95% of the provincial extension.
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  • Type: Municipality with 179,000 residents
  • Description: municipality of Havana, Cuba
  • Also known as: “La Playa”, “Playa de Marianao”, “Playa, Havana”, and “Reparto La Playa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ciudad Libertad Airport and Iglesia de Jesús de Miramar.

Aerodrome
is a defunct near , . and formerly known as El Aeropuerto de Columbia. Located in the borough of Playa, it was Cuba's main airport until 1930, when it was replaced by .

Church
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is the second largest church in . It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana. It was begun in 1948 and inaugurated on May 28, 1953.

School building
, formerly École Française de la Havane "Alejo Carpentier", is a French international school with two campuses in Siboney in Playa, , : one for primary school and one for collège and lycée.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marianao and Miramar.

Suburb
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is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs in the city of , . It lies 10 kilometres southwest of the original city of Havana, with which it is connected by the railway.

Suburb
Photo: Mariordo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a residential district of the municipality of Playa, in the city of , Cuba.

Suburb
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is a central business district and urban neighborhood in the city of , . Bordered on the east by Calzada de Infanta and Central Havana, and on the west by the Alemendares River and / Playa district, is a more modern part of the city than the areas to the east, developed in the first half of the 20th century, during the Republic period.

Playa

Latitude
23.0929° or 23° 5′ 35″ north
Longitude
-82.45434° or 82° 27′ 16″ west
Population
179,000
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
76MV3GVW+57
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3710777825
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­municipality
Geo­Names ID
3552027
Wiki­data ID
Q2066897
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Playa” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “普拉亚”
  • Chinese: “普拉亞”
  • Dutch: “Playa”
  • French: “Playa”
  • Georgian: “პლაია”
  • German: “Playa”
  • Haitian: “Playa, Avan”
  • Haitian: “Playa”
  • Irish: “Playa”
  • Italian: “Playa”
  • Japanese: “プラヤ (ハバナ)”
  • Romanian: “Playa”
  • Russian: “Плая”
  • Spanish: “Playa La Habana”
  • Spanish: “Playa, La Habana”
  • Spanish: “Playa”
  • Swedish: “Playa, La Habana”
  • Swedish: “Playa”
  • Tumbuka: “Playa, Cuba”
  • Tumbuka: “Playa”
  • Turkish: “Playa”
  • Welsh: “Playa”

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