Central Cuba
Central Cuba is a region of Cuba.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Camagüey and Cienfuegos.
Camagüey
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Camagüey is a relatively modern capital of Camagüey Province and Cuba's third largest city. Although has some beautiful old churches and colonial buildings, it is not usually considered as a tourist stop.
Cienfuegos
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Cienfuegos, the Pearl of the South, is a small city in the Central Cuban province of Cienfuegos. The historic center of the city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Santa Clara
Santa Clara is the capital city of the Cuban province of Villa Clara. It is centrally located in the province and Cuba. Santa Clara is the fifth-most populous Cuban city, with a population of nearly 245,959.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Trinidad and Sancti Spíritus.
Trinidad
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Trinidad is a town in the province of Sancti Spíritus, central Cuba. Together with the nearby Valle de los Ingenios, it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988, because of its historical importance as a center of the sugar trade in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Sancti Spíritus
Sancti Spiritus is a city in Central Cuba. Founded in 1514, it is among the oldest Spanish settlements in Cuba and has a number of colonial era buildings.
Ciego de Ávila
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Ciego de Ávila is a city of 120,000 people in Central Cuba. The city of Ciego de Ávila is a modern city, although in the historic center you can find many features of the colonial architecture typical of this type of city.
Florida
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Florida is a municipality and city in the Camagüey Province of Cuba. It is located 40 km north-west of Camagüey, along the Carretera Central highway. The city was established in 1907, and the municipality was established in 1924.
Morón
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Morón is the second largest town in the province of Ciego de Avila, Central Cuba. It is the nearest town to the tourist resorts on Cayo Coco and Cayo Guillermo.
Cayo Coco
Cayo Coco is an island in the Jardines del Rey chain off the north coast of Ciego de Avila province in Central Cuba. Cayo Coco is very relaxing and is the perfect place to go to if you want to do close to nothing for your vacation.
Cayo Guillermo
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Cayo Guillermo is an island in the Jardines del Rey chain off the north coast of Ciego de Avila province in Central Cuba.
Gran Parque Natural Topes de Collantes
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Gran Parque Natural Topes de Collantes is in Cienfuegos, Villa Clara, and Sancti Spiritus provinces of Cuba.
Playa Santa Lucia
Santa Lucia is a small village on the northern coast of Central Cuba.Central Cuba
- Type: territory with 322,000 residents
- Also known as: “Camagüey”, “Provincia de Camagueey”, and “Provincia de Camagüey”
- Location: Cuba, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Italian—“Central Cuba” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “中古巴”
- Dutch: “Centraal-Cuba”
- French: “Cuba central”
- German: “Zentralkuba”
- Italian: “Cuba centrale”
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