Playa Baracoa
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.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. Playa Baracoa Airport is situated 2½ km south of Playa Baracoa.
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. Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba is situated 3½ km east of Playa Baracoa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bauta and Punta Brava.
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. Bauta is situated 8 km south of Playa Baracoa.
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 Brava is situated 8 km southeast of Playa Baracoa.
Playa Baracoa
- Type: Town with 7,050 residents
- Description: Cuban village in Artemisa Province
- Categories: human settlement, beach, and locality
- Location: Artemisa Province, Cuba, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
23.0496° or 23° 2′ 59″ northLongitude
-82.57345° or 82° 34′ 24″ westPopulation
7,050Open location code
76MV2CXG+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 455624731OpenStreetMap feature
place=townWikidata ID
Q1626998
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Playa Baracoa” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Playa Baracoa”
- Dutch: “Playa Baracoa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شط باراكوا”
- German: “Playa Baracoa”
- Irish: “Playa Baracoa”
- Russian: “Плая-Баракоа”
- Spanish: “Playa Baracoa”
- Swedish: “Playa Baracoa”
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