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Trinidad, Cuba

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Trinidad is a town in Sancti Spíritus province in central Cuba. Together with the nearby Valle de los Ingenios, it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988 for its historical importance as a center of the sugar trade in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and it is one of the best preserved cities in the Caribbean from that era.

Facts
Population
51,994 1
Area (sq km)
1155 1
Founding Year
1514 1
Elevation (m)
60 1
Latitude
21.8 degrees north 1
Longitude
79.966667 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC-05:00 4
Sources
1. Trinidad, Cuba (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1514-12-23T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 51,994
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 21.8, longitude -79.966667
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 60 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 1155.0 sq km
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2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 21.8,-79.9667
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 74.0
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3. 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 21.75, -79.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 21.75, -79.75
21.75 -79.75 Aw
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4. GeoNames: Trinidad - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3534915, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.74 km)
Quote, cities500 record 3534915, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.74 km)
21.79956 -79.98349 P PPLA2 CU 14 2806 60206 53 America/Havana
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Trinidad, Cuba (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Caribbean (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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