Punta Cachón
Punta Cachón is a cape in Municipio de Caimito, Artemisa Province. Punta Cachón is situated nearby to the locality Playa Cachón, as well as near the town Playa Baracoa.Places of Interest
Highlights include Playa Baracoa Airport and Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba.
Playa Baracoa Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Aero Icarus, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Playa Baracoa Airport is an airport west of Havana, Cuba. It is located in the municipality of Caimito, Artemisa Province, in front of the village of Playa Baracoa, belonging to the neighboring municipality of Bauta.
Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba
University
Latin American School of Medicine is an international public medical school operated by the Cuban government. It was established in 1999. ELAM has been described as possibly being the largest medical school in the world by enrollment, with approximately 19,550 students from 110 countries as reported in 2012.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Playa Baracoa and Bauta.
Playa Baracoa
Town
Playa Baracoa, sometimes shortened as Baracoa, is a Cuban village and consejo popular of the municipality of Bauta, in Artemisa Province. In 2011 it had a population of about 7,000.
Bauta
Town
Bauta is a municipality and town located 40 km southwest of Havana City, in the Artemisa Province of Cuba since 2010 as a result of the division of what was the Province of Havana.
Punta Brava
Town
Punta Brava is a small suburb located just to the southwest of Havana, Cuba, with a population of roughly 1500 inhabitants. It is one of the wards of the La Lisa municipality.
Punta Cachón
- Type: Cape
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: Municipio de Caimito, Artemisa Province, Cuba, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
23.05056° or 23° 3′ 2″ northLongitude
-82.57762° or 82° 34′ 39″ westElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
76MV3C2C+6XOpenStreetMap ID
node 5725804211OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Punta Cachón” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Punta Cachón”
- Italian: “punta Cachón”
- Spanish: “Punta Cachon”
- Spanish: “Punta Cachón”
- Swedish: “Punta Cachón (udde i Kuba, Artemisa)”
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Localities in the Area
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