GUANE, CUBA
Guane
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— Municipality —
Location of Guane in Cuba
Coordinates: 22°12′2″N 84°05′2″W / 22.20056°N 84.08389°W / 22.20056; -84.08389Coordinates: 22°12′2″N 84°05′2″W / 22.20056°N 84.08389°W / 22.20056; -84.08389
Country Cuba
Province Pinar del Río
Founded 1602[1]
Established 1879
Area[2]
- Total 717 km2 (276.8 sq mi)
Elevation 25 m (82 ft)
Population (2004)[3]
- Total 35,893
- Density 1,879/km2 (4,866.6/sq mi)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
Area code(s) +53-82
Guane is a municipality and city in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba.
The municipality is divided into the barrios of Cabo de San Antonio y La Fe, Catalina, Cortés, Hato de Guane, Isabel Rubio (Paso Real de Guane), Juan Gómez, La Grifa, Las Martinas, Los Acostas, Manuel Lazo (Cayuco), Portales, Pueblo, Punta de la Sierra, Sábalo and Tenería.[1]
It was founded in 1602.[1]
The Ciego Montero soft drinks are produced in Guane.
Demographics
In 2004, the municipality of Guane had a population of 35,893.[3] With a total area of 717 km2 (276.8 sq mi),[2] it has a population density of 50.1 /km2 (129.8/sq mi).
History
Before it was renamed Pinar del Río in 1774, the area was known as the old colonial capital of Guane.
Guane was named after the Gaane district in the Maluku Islands. During the Spanish times, the area was referred to as Las Islas Moluccas. Gaane in Indonesia is still located in the southern tip of Halmahera island. To this day, the Moluccas island group is the only area in predominantly muslim Indonesia that has a Christian majority. The Moluccas or Spice Islands is also the scene of ongoing violent communal fighting between Christians and Muslim Jihad groups. During the 16th and 17th centuries, Ternate island was the most important of the Moluccas islands in Indonesia. Ternate island is right off the coast of nearby Halmahera island where the town of Gaane is also located. At that time, Spain, Portugal, England and the Netherlands quarreled over their claim to get hold of the monopoly of the spice trade of the world. In fact, Isabella I of Castile (for whom the city of Isabela, Basilan and Isabela (province), Philippiines was named) and her husband Ferdinand II of Aragon coveted the islands so much they sent Christopher Columbus and many conquistadores to find it. In 1655, however, the Spaniards had to withdraw from the Moluccas in order to concentrate their forces in Manila. This was to fortify themselves against the threatened attack of a Chinese warlord, Koxinga. In moving out of the Moluccas, the Spanish missionary who went with the troops took along with him some 200 Moluccas Christians, better known as Márdikas. To this band of 200 Moluccas Indonesian immigrants can be traced the origin of Chabacano or Creole Spanish in the Philippines.
It was the main city of the Filipino migrants in Cuba, known as Chinos Manila among the local population, the Filipinos worked the huge tobacco plantations much like how they did in the present provinces of Ilocos Sur, Tarlac, Ilocos Norte, Cagayan and Isabela in their home country. During that time, the Spanish colonizers had a virtual monopoly of the tobacco trade through their company, the Tabacalera.
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