Colón is a municipality and city in Matanzas Province, Cuba, the third largest in its province, with about 68,021 residents in the municipality in 2022 and roughly 44,000 in the city itself. It was founded in 1836 under the name Nueva Bermeja and achieved the status of villa, or town, in 1859, when it was renamed Colón after Christopher Columbus.
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Founding Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Colón, Cuba (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1846-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 72,000
View the Source2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 22.75, -80.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 22.75, -80.75
22.75 -80.75 Aw
3. GeoNames: Colón - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3563843, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 3563843, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
22.72108 -80.90368 P PPLA2 CU 03 2504 63882 55 America/Havana
Colón, Cuba (Wikipedia)
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