Nueva Gerona
Encyclopedia
Nueva Gerona is the capital city of the Isla de la Juventud special municipality of Cuba
. The city is located between the hills of Caballos and Casas, about 3 km up the Río Casas, which provides a navigable waterway to the Caribbean Sea
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, who was the Spanish governor of Cuba at the time. There is an American graveyard in Nueva Gerona to this day.
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...
. The city is located between the hills of Caballos and Casas, about 3 km up the Río Casas, which provides a navigable waterway to the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
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History
The city was founded in 1830 by Francisco Dionisio VivesFrancisco Dionisio Vives
Francisco Dionisio Vives was a Spanish general and governor of Cuba. He was captain general of Cuba in 1824,when all Spanish possessions on the Americancontinent had become independent...
, who was the Spanish governor of Cuba at the time. There is an American graveyard in Nueva Gerona to this day.