Canteras

Canteras is a quarry in Diez De Octubre, La Habana Province. Canteras is situated nearby to the forest La Loma Verde, as well as near the power station Batería Grupo Electrógeno Loma Verde.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cine Alameda and Church of St. John Bosco.

Cine Alameda

Movie theater

Photo: Antonio Schubert, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cine Alameda is a movie theater, which is situated 2 km northwest of Canteras.

Church of St. John Bosco

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Church of St. John Bosco is situated 3½ km northwest of Canteras.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Regla and Chinatown.

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 6 km north of Canteras.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

Photo: Lezumbalaberenjena, Public domain.

The Havana Chinatown is in the municipality of Centro Habana and is one of the oldest and largest Chinatowns in Latin America. It is considered the second most important in the world, after that of San Francisco in the United States. Chinatown is situated 6 km north of Canteras.

Havana

Photo: Rastapopulous, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Havana is the capital city of Cuba, and one of the fifteen provinces of the Republic of Cuba. Visitors come to Havana for its music, history, culture, architecture and monuments.

Canteras

Type: Quarry
Category: industry
Location: Diez De Octubre, La Habana Province, Cuba, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

23.0794° or 23° 4′ 46″ north

Longitude

-82.35047° or 82° 21′ 2″ west

Open location code

76MV3JHX+QR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 228323622

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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