
municipality · Mayabeque
Melena del Sur
Melena del Sur is a town and a municipality located south of the Mayabeque Province, in Cuba. It is bordered on the north and northwest by San José de las Lajas, on the e
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Melena del Sur is a town and a municipality located south of the Mayabeque Province, in Cuba. It is bordered on the north and northwest by San José de las Lajas, on the east by the municipality of Güines, on the west by Batabanó, and on the south by the Gulf of Batabanó. The south shore holds the town's only beach, Mayabeque Beach. This beach is the mouth of the Mayabeque River.
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Melena del Sur é um(a) município em Mayabeque, Cuba. Localiza-se aproximadamente em 22.781°, -82.149°.
A história deste lugar
A povoação data de 1768. Aqui nasceram: Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, trompetista cubano (1933–2024), Antonio Álvarez Gil, escritor cubano (n. 1947) e Ramíro Mañalich, esgrimista cubano (n. 1887). Aqui morreram: Máximo Zertucha y Ojeda (1855–1905).
Fica na província de Mayabeque.
Os lugares registados mais próximos no atlas são Guara (a 800 m a norte), Playa Mayabeque (a 12 km a sul), San Antonio de las Vegas (a 14 km a noroeste) e Güines (a 15 km a nordeste).
Está associado a cultura local, história, arquitetura e praias.
Destaques
Verified highlights
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What's near Melena del Sur
Lugares próximos
Distances are straight-line, measured between recorded coordinates — not driving distance.
Locais mapeados por perto
Locais nomeados registados no OpenStreetMap nas imediações, do mais próximo, com a distância.
Entre os locais mapeados nas imediações contam-se 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 e 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
- Wikimedia Commonsmedia