municipality · Mayabeque
Melena del Sur
Melena del Sur es uno de los once municipios de la Provincia de Mayabeque en Cuba y está ubicada al sur de esta localidad. Limita al norte y noroeste con San José de las
Descripción
Melena del Sur es uno de los once municipios de la Provincia de Mayabeque en Cuba y está ubicada al sur de esta localidad. Limita al norte y noroeste con San José de las Lajas, al este con el municipio de Güines, al oeste con Batabanó y al sur la Ensenada de la Broa; bañan sus costas las aguas del Golfo de Batabanó donde se encuentra la Playa Mayabeque y desemboca uno de los afluentes del Río Mayabeque también conocido como Onicajinal Mayabeque que destaca por ser uno de los ríos más caudalosos del país.
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Melena del Sur es un(a) municipio en Mayabeque, Cuba. Se ubica aproximadamente en 22.781°, -82.149°.
La historia de este lugar
El pueblo data de 1768. Aquí nacieron: Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, músico cubano (1933–2024), Antonio Álvarez Gil, escritor cubano (n. 1947) y Ramíro Mañalich, esgrimista cubano (n. 1887). Aquí murieron: Máximo Zertucha y Ojeda, médico cubano (1855–1905).
Se encuentra en la provincia de Mayabeque.
Los lugares registrados más cercanos en el atlas son Guara (a 800 m al norte), Playa Mayabeque (a 12 km al sur), San Antonio de las Vegas (a 14 km al noroeste) y Güines (a 15 km al noreste).
Se asocia con cultura local, historia, arquitectura y playas.
Lo destacado
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What's near Melena del Sur
Lugares cercanos
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Lugares cartografiados cerca
Lugares con nombre registrados en OpenStreetMap en el entorno, del más cercano al más lejano, con su distancia.
Entre los lugares cartografiados cerca figuran Cabeza de Toro, Finca Barranco, Estelita, Aserradero, Lechuga, Monte, Guajenes, Travieso, Guara, La Sabana, Santa Ana, Palenque, San Pedro, 50 Aniversario de Girón, La Rosita y Osvaldo Sánchez.
- Cabeza de Toro · hamlet
- 1.3 km
- Finca Barranco · hamlet
- 1.4 km
- Estelita · hamlet
- 1.6 km
- Aserradero · hamlet
- 2.1 km
- Lechuga · village
- 4.0 km
- Monte · village
- 4.0 km
- Guajenes · hamlet
- 4.7 km
- Travieso · hamlet
- 5.7 km
- Guara · village
- 6.4 km
- La Sabana · hamlet
- 7.1 km
- Santa Ana · hamlet
- 7.3 km
- Palenque · hamlet
- 8.7 km
- San Pedro · hamlet
- 8.7 km
- 50 Aniversario de Girón · hamlet
- 10.5 km
- La Rosita · hamlet
- 11.4 km
- Osvaldo Sánchez · village
- 11.7 km
Around Melena del Sur
166 named civic, cultural, natural and service places are mapped within about 15 km of Melena del Sur, across 26 categories. Open any category to see it on the map, centred on Melena del Sur.
🏛️ Culture & heritage 5
🚬 Cuban craft & cuisine 1
⛰️ Nature & terrain 7
🌾 Farming & fishing 12
🏭 Industry & resources 14
🏥 Health & care 8
🎓 Education 42
🏦 Civic & services 22
🚉 Transport 6
🏟️ Sport & leisure 15
⛪ Faith 8
🛒 Shops & markets 18
🛏️ Stay 8
What Melena del Sur makes
27 working sites mapped — energy, industry, mining, farming, fishing and ports.The whole economy →
⚡ Energy 1
Batería Grupo Electrógeno Güines
🏭 Industry 14
Acopio · Antigua Conservera · Antigua Estación Havana Central Railway · Base de Ómnibus Mayabeque · …
🌱 Farming 12
Cebadero Porcino · Centro Avícola · Vaquería · Vaquería · …
Industrial heritage
1 pre-1959 sites in and around Melena del Sur — sugar centrales, railways, mines and ports.The 1959 heritage map →
- Havana–Güines Railway (1837)railway
Official information and sources
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- Wikidatageographic
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