Baracoa
Baracoa is a city in Cuba with a population of about 48,362.
CubaTown🏆 #58 most populated in Cuba🕐 America/Havana
Baracoa, whose full original name is Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Baracoa, is a municipality and city in Guantánamo Province near the eastern tip of Cuba. The area was visited by Admiral Christopher Columbus on November 27, 1492, and a settlement founded by the first governor of Cuba, the Spanish conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar on August 15, 1511. It is the oldest Spanish settlement in Cuba and was its first capital.
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About Baracoa
| Country | Cuba |
| Continent | North America |
| Explore | 10 |
| Population | 48,362 |
| Local currency | CUP |
| Coordinates | 20.3471, -74.4962 |
| Time zone | America/Havana |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | Town |
| Distance to the capital | 871 km · Havana |
| Population (Cuba) | #58 most populated in Cuba |
| Where on Earth | 20°20′50″N · 74°29′46″W |
| Hemisphere | N · W |
| Distance to the equator | 2,265 km |
| Distance to the North Pole | 7,754 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 100% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Bhubaneswar (India) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | -20.35, 105.50 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| New York | 2,265 km |
| Los Angeles | 4,548 km |
| São Paulo | 5,740 km |
| London | 7,180 km |
| Paris | 7,370 km |
| Moscow | 9,441 km |