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Jaruco

Field	Value
official_name	Jaruco
other_name	San Juan Bautista de Jaruco
settlement_type	Municipality
image_skyline	Esc jaruco.jpg
image_caption	The "Escaleras de Jaruco" hills
image_seal	File:Coat of Arms of Jaruco.png
shield_size	120x90px
image_map	Jaruco (Cuban municipal map).png
map_caption	Jaruco municipality (red) within
Mayabeque Province (yellow) and Cuba
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Cuba
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Mayabeque
established_title	Founded
established_date	1762
established_title2	Established
established_date2	1931 (Municipality)
established_title3
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	276
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2022
population_footnotes
population_total	24,162
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	EST
utc_offset	-5
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	130
area_code	+53-47
website	https://www.jarucociudadcondal.gob.cu/es/

Mayabeque Province (yellow) and Cuba Jaruco is a municipality and town in the Mayabeque Province of Cuba.

Geography

The town is located in the east of Havana, between San José de las Lajas and Santa Cruz del Norte. The municipality borders with Habana del Este (municipal borough of Havana), Santa Cruz del Norte, Madruga and San José de las Lajas.

The Escaleras (stairs) of Jaruco rise up out of the plains and provide views of the area. The area is protected as a park and is a visiting spot from Havana and the beaches.

History

Jaruco was founded in 1762 under the name San Juan Bautista de Jaruco (Ciudad Condal de San Juan Bautista de Jaruco). "Ajaruco" was the pre-Columbian Taíno name of the settlement.

In 1940, the municipality was divided into the barrios of Arroyo Vuelto, Casiguas, Castilla, Ciudad de Jaruco, Don Martín, Escaleras de Jaruco, Bainoa, San Antonio de Río Blanco del Norte and Santa Ana.

After 1959 this area was grouped into the Regional San José (with the small municipalities of Jaruco, San Antonio-Caraballo (formerly part of pre 1959 Aguacate municipality), Bainoa, etc.) Later Jaruco was the capital of Regional Bainoa which included the municipalities of Jaruco, Camilo Cenfuegos, Santa Cruz del Norte, Aguacate y Madruga.

Since 1976, the Jaruco municipality includes: Jaruco, Caraballo, San Antonio de Rio Blanco del Norte, Bainoa, Casiguas, Vista Alegre, Escaleras de Jaruco (and its beautiful park inside the mountains), Castilla y Tumba Cuatro.

In 2009 the Benedictines being a Roman Catholic congregation started to erect an own residence in Jaruco. The project failed in 2010 because of lack of water so that the Benedictines remained in their provisorial house in Havana (2011).

Demographics

In 2022, the municipality of Jaruco had a population of 24,162. With a total area of 276 km2, it has a population density of 88 /km2.

Notable natives and residents

Oribe - Celebrity hairdresser and entrepreneur

References

*Ignacio A, Ortiz-Bello. Jaruco, un aporte para su historia 1959
The United Confederation of Taíno People. "Taíno Dictionary".
Guije.com. "Jaruco".
"Cuba: Administrative Division (Provinces and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
Statoids. (July 2003). "Municipios of Cuba".

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