Calimete
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Calimete
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|settlement_type = Municipality
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|image_shield = Coat of arms of Calimete.jpg
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|image_map = Calimete (Cuban municipal map).png
|map_caption = Calimete municipality (red) within
Matanzas Province (yellow) and Cuba
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Cuba
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Matanzas
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|established_title = Founded
|established_title2 = Established
|established_date2 = 1976
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|area_total_km2 = 958
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|population_as_of = 2022
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|population_total = 27,210
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|timezone = EST
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|elevation_m = 30
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|area_code = +53-52
|website = https://www.calimetenses.gob.cu/en/
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Calimete is a municipality and town in the Matanzas Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1867 by José Antonio Castañeda.{{Cite web|url=http://www.atenas.inf.cu/todo/Municipios/MunicipioCalimete.htm |title=Calimete |author=Municipalities in Matanzas |accessdate=2007-10-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041216212637/http://www.atenas.inf.cu/todo/Municipios/MunicipioCalimete.htm |archivedate=December 16, 2004 |language=es}}
Demographics
In 2022, the municipality of Calimete had a population of 27,210.{{Cite web |title=Cuba: Administrative Division (Provinces and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/cuba/admin/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=www.citypopulation.de}} With a total area of {{convert|958|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}},{{Cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/ycu.html|title=Municipios of Cuba|author=Statoids|date=July 2003| accessdate=2007-10-07}} it has a population density of {{convert|31.0|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}.
See also
References
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External links
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{{Adjacent communities
| Centre = Calimete
| N = Colón
| NE = Los Arabos
| E = Aguada de Pasajeros (Cienfuegos)
| SE = Abreus (Cienfuegos)
| S = Ciénaga de Zapata
| W = Jagüey Grande
Ciénaga de Zapata
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{{Municipalities in Matanzas}}
Category:Populated places in Matanzas Province
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