Cárdenas

municipality · Matanzas

Cárdenas

San Juan de Dios de Cárdenas, or simply Cárdenas, is a municipality and city in the Matanzas Province of Cuba, about 116 km (72 mi) by air [156 km (97 mi) by road] east o

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San Juan de Dios de Cárdenas, or simply Cárdenas, is a municipality and city in the Matanzas Province of Cuba, about 116 km (72 mi) by air [156 km (97 mi) by road] east of Havana. Cárdenas is the 15th most-populated Cuban city and the second most populated one not being a provincial seat, after Manzanillo.

Cárdenas ist ein(e) Gemeinde in Matanzas, Kuba. Es liegt etwa bei 23.038°, -81.202°.

Die Geschichte dieses Ortes

Der Ort geht auf 1828 zurück. Hier geboren: Danell Leyva, US-amerikanischer Turner (geb. 1991), Virgilio Piñera, kubanischer Schriftsteller, Dichter (1912–1979) und Ernest Sosa, US-amerikanischer Philosoph (geb. 1940). Hier gestorben: José Arechabala (1847–1923).

Es liegt in der Provinz Matanzas.

Die nächstgelegenen erfassten Orte im Atlas sind Varadero (14 km im Nordwesten) und Matanzas (38 km im Westen).

Es wird mit Geschichte, Architektur und lokale Kultur in Verbindung gebracht.

Highlights

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Get there

23.03780, -81.20190

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Daylight & season

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Sunrise
19:42
Sunset
12h 32m
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Emergency

  • Police (PNR)Recent
    106
  • Ambulance / medicalRecent
    104
  • FireRecent
    105
  • Asistur (traveler assistance)Recent

    State travel-assistance service for visitors (medical, legal, financial help).

    +53 7 866 4499

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What's near Cárdenas

Where to stay, eat & explore in Cárdenas

Orte in der Nähe

Distances are straight-line, measured between recorded coordinates — not driving distance.

Kartierte Orte in der Nähe

In OpenStreetMap erfasste benannte Orte in der Umgebung, nach Entfernung, jeweils mit Angabe.

Zu den in der Nähe kartierten Orten zählen José Antonio Echeverría, Catedral de Cárdenas, Plaza Malacoff, Iglesia Metodista de Cárdenas, José Martí, Templo Adventista del Séptimo Día, Fines und El Carmen.

José Antonio Echeverría · monument
0.1 km
Catedral de Cárdenas · church
0.3 km
Plaza Malacoff · market
0.4 km
Iglesia Metodista de Cárdenas · church
0.5 km
José Martí · artwork
0.7 km
Templo Adventista del Séptimo Día · church
1.0 km
Fines · neighbourhood
3.9 km
El Carmen · hamlet
9.5 km

Around Cárdenas

518 named civic, cultural, natural and service places are mapped within about 15 km of Cárdenas, across 29 categories. Open any category to see it on the map, centred on Cárdenas.

Notable near Cárdenas

Bahía de Cárdenas

Bahía de Cárdenas

Bays, capes & cays

The Bay of Jorge Cárdenas is a shallow bay on Cuba's northern shore, in the province of Matanzas.

Cristóbal Colón

Cristóbal Colón

Attractions

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish transatlantic voyages in the name of the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas. His expeditions were the first known European contact with the Caribbean and Central and South America.

What Cárdenas makes

18 working sites mapped — energy, industry, mining, farming, fishing and ports.The whole economy →

Energy 3

Central Eléctrica Cárdenas · Parque Solar Fotovoltaico Cárdenas · Planta Energas Varadero

🏭 Industry 15

Aguas Varadero · Base de Ómnibus · Base de Ómnibus Transgaviota · Base de Transtur Varadero · …

Industrial heritage

3 pre-1959 sites in and around Cárdenas — sugar centrales, railways, mines and ports.The 1959 heritage map →

  • Arechabala distillery, Cárdenasrum
  • Port of Cárdenasport
  • San Martin Railway Stationrailway
See the heritage layer on the map →

Photos

View of Cuba taken during ISS Expedition 6. Cárdenas , Matanzas Province .

Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mouth of dock in the Caribbean coast. Cárdenas, Matanzas, Cuba

Photo: LBM1948 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

A beacon next to Caribbean Sea, with two young people. Cárdenas, Matanzas, Cuba

Photo: LBM1948 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Lifebuoy in a tour boat. Cárdenas, Matanzas, Cuba

Photo: LBM1948 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

A map of the municipality of Cárdenas (shown in red) within the Province of Matanzas (yellow) and Cuba. Note: Varadero ( see file ) was an autonomous municipality until 2011, when it merged into Cárdenas.

Photo: Dэя-Бøяg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Location of Cárdenas , a port city on the Bay of Cárdenas in Province of Matanzas , Cuba.

Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Qyd assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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