Martí is a town and municipality in north-eastern section of Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

's Matanzas Province

Matanzas Province

Matanzas is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns in the province include Cárdenas, Colón, Jovellanos and the capital of the same name, Matanzas...

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Geography

The municipality is divided into the barrio

Barrio

Barrio is a Spanish word meaning district or neighborhood.-Usage:In its formal usage in English, barrios are generally considered cohesive places, sharing, for example, a church and traditions such as feast days...

s of Guamutas, Lacret, La Teja, Martí, Máximo Gómez

Máximo Gómez, Cuba

Máximo Gómez is a town in the Matanzas Province of Cuba.It was the seat of its own municipality that included the communities of Rancho del Medio and Sabanilla de la Palma until 1976, when its territories were amalgamated in the Martí municipality....

, Motembo and Río de la Palma.

It is located on the north-central coast of Cuba, and includes the lagoon

Lagoon

A lagoon is a body of shallow sea water or brackish water separated from the sea by some form of barrier. The EU's habitat directive defines lagoons as "expanses of shallow coastal salt water, of varying salinity or water volume, wholly or partially separated from the sea by sand banks or shingle,...

s Inglés, Bibanasí and Majagüillar, all extensions of the Bay of Santa Clara

Bay of Santa Clara

The Bay of Santa Clara is a bay on Cuba's north coast, located between the Nicholas Channel and the northern coast of the provinces of Matanzas and Villa Clara....

 (Bahia de Santa Clara). Its territory is crossed by the rivers La Palma, Júcaro and San Manuel.

History

The town was founded in 1835 was established in 1835 under the name Hato Nuevo on the location of the Bibanosí ranch. On 24 December 1898 the name was changed to Martí, in honour of independence hero José Martí

José Martí

José Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban national hero and an important figure in Latin American literature. In his short life he was a poet, an essayist, a journalist, a revolutionary philosopher, a translator, a professor, a publisher, and a political theorist. He was also a part of the Cuban...

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Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of Martí had a population of 23,475. With a total area of 1070 km² (413.1 sq mi), it has a population density of 21.9 /km2.