Trinidad
Street of Trinidad Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (10582x1600, 2476 KB) Summary Street of Trinidad, Cuba taken by (c) Jean-Pierre Lavoie, 2006. ...
Location of Trinidad in Cuba
Area Population Density	1157.49 km² (municipality) 73,287 (2003) 63.43 /km²
Established Location Altitude Province	23 Dec 1514 21°48′N 79°58′W 75 Sancti Spíritus
Trinidad

Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios¹
UNESCO World Heritage Site

State Party	Cuba
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iv, v
Identification	#460
Region2	Latin America and the Caribbean
Inscription History
Formal Inscription:	1988 12th WH Committee Session
WH link:	http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/460
1 Name as officially inscribed on the WH List 2 As classified officially by UNESCO Image File history File links Dot-yellow. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1068x409, 178 KB) Location of Sancti Spíritus Province, Cuba File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Sancti Spíritus Province Trinidad, Cuba ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum. ... Provinces of Cuba Cuba consists of 14 provinces, plus one special municipality. ... Sancti Spíritus is one of the provinces of Cuba. ... UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in North America, South America, and the Caribbean. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State...

Trinidad, pop. 71,776 (1998), is a town in the province of Sancti Spíritus, central Cuba. Together with the nearby Valle de los Ingenios, it has been one of UNESCOs World Heritage sites since 1988. Sancti Spíritus is one of the provinces of Cuba. ... UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Trinidad was founded in 1514 by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar under the name Villa De la Santísima Trinidad. Its one of the best preserved cities in the Caribbean from the time when the sugar trade was the main industry in the region. Nowadays, its main industry is tobacco processing. The older parts of town are well preserved as the Cuban tourism industry sees benefit from tour groups. In contrast, some parts of town outside the non-tourist areas are very run down and in disrepair, especially in the centre. 1514 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465 – 1524) was a Spanish conquistador. ... Species Nicotiana acuminata Nicotiana alata Nicotiana attenuata Nicotiana benthamiana Nicotiana clevelandii Nicotiana excelsior Nicotiana forgetiana Nicotiana glauca Nicotiana glutinosa Nicotiana langsdorffii Nicotiana longiflora Nicotiana obtusifolia Nicotiana paniculata Nicotiana plumbagifolia Nicotiana quadrivalvis Nicotiana repanda Nicotiana rustica Nicotianasuaveolens Nicotiana sylvestris Nicotiana tabacum Nicotiana tomentosa Ref: ITIS 30562 as of August 26, 2005...

Outside the city lies the Ancón peninsula with a long sandy beach (Playa Ancón) and several resort hotels. Ancón was one of the first new resorts to be developed in Cuba following the 1959 revolution.

Attractions

• Municipal History Museum
• Santísima Trinidad Cathedral

Trinidad Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1026 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Trinidad, Cuba Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to...	Overview of the city Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1073 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Trinidad, Cuba Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to...	Young boys in Trinidad Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2700x1800, 2202 KB) Cuban boys playing in Trinidad, Cuba. ...	Street in Trinidad Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1611x1071, 382 KB) Cuba, Trinidad my photo File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Trinidad, Cuba ...
Playa Ancón Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (842 × 631 pixel, file size: 44 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo of Playa Ancón, the beach south of Trinidad, Cuba. ...	Trinidad just before a storm Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

External links

Cuba Portal

• Pre-revolution municipality webpage (Spanish)
• City webpage (Spanish)
• Trinidad

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Coordinates: 21°47′58.6″N, 79°58′59.6″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...