San Antonio de los Baños

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|map_caption = San Antonio de los Baños municipality (red) within
Artemisa Province (yellow) and Cuba

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|subdivision_name1 = Artemisa

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|leader_title = President

|leader_name = Bladimir Parada Rodríguez

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|established_title = Founded

|established_date = 1802

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|established_date2 = 1879 (Municipality)

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|area_total_km2 = 127

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|population_total = 51,314

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San Antonio de los Baños is a municipality and town in the Artemisa Province of Cuba. It is located 26 km from the city of Havana, and the Ariguanabo River runs through it. It was founded in 1802.

History

There are 39 schools in the town, employing over 600 teachers. These schools include an academy of plastic arts, a school for training art teachers, and the International School of Cinema and Television Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión which was established in 1986. The town's library was founded in 1975, and has a collection of more than 32,000 books.{{cite journal |last=Armas |first=Maricela Corvo de |last2=Carpenter |first2=Jane |url=http://www.worlib.org/vol13no1-2/corvo_v13n1-2.shtml |title=World Libraries: Reading Initiatives: A Major Effort by the Libraries of the San Antonio de los Baños Community, Havana Province |accessdate=2006-06-19 |journal=World Libraries |date=Spring–Fall 2003 |volume=13 |issn=1092-7441 |archive-date=2006-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060713053744/http://www.worlib.org/vol13no1-2/corvo_v13n1-2.shtml |url-status=dead }} There is also the San Antonio de los Baños Municipal Museum.

San Antonio de los Baños Airfield was inaugurated in September 1942. Initially operated by transport aircraft and bombers Douglas B-26 and Boeing B-29, which conducted training in the Caribbean, no aircraft that was part of Cuban aviation could land at the Military Base without prior authorization from the same authorities.

Geography

The municipality is divided into the barrios of Este Urbano, Centro urbano and Oeste urbano as well as La Ceiba, Encrucijada, Mi Rancho, San Paul, Govea, Pueblo Textil, El Palenque and La Base.{{Cite web |author=Guije.com |url=http://www.guije.com/pueblo/municipios/hsanantoniob/index.htm |title=San Antonio de los Baños |accessdate=2007-10-07 |language=es}}

= Climate =

{{Weather box|width=auto

|location = San Antonio de los Banos

|single line = Yes

|metric first = Yes

|Jan high F = 80

|Feb high F = 84

|Mar high F = 86

|Apr high F = 88

|May high F = 89

|Jun high F = 90

|Jul high F = 92

|Aug high F =92

|Sep high F = 90

|Oct high F = 87

|Nov high F =83

|Dec high F = 80

|year high F = 87

|Jan low F = 60

|Feb low F = 62

|Mar low F = 65

|Apr low F = 68

|May low F = 69

|Jun low F = 72

|Jul low F = 71

|Aug low F = 72

|Sep low F = 71

|Oct low F = 69

|Nov low F = 64

|Dec low F = 61

|year low F = 67

|Jan precipitation inch = 1

|Feb precipitation inch =0.4

|Mar precipitation inch = 1.6

|Apr precipitation inch = 2.1

|May precipitation inch = 3.9

|Jun precipitation inch = 8.7

|Jul precipitation inch = 6.2

|Aug precipitation inch = 8.4

|Sep precipitation inch = 9.1

|Oct precipitation inch = 5.9

|Nov precipitation inch = 1.8

|Dec precipitation inch = 1.4

|year precipitation inch = 50.7

|source 1 = Weatherbase

{{cite web

|url =http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=62287&refer=wikipedia |title =Weatherbase: Historical Weather for San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba

|publisher=Weatherbase

|year=2011

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Retrieved on November 24, 2011.

|date=November 2011

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Demographics

In 2022, the municipality of San Antonio de los Baños had a population of 51,314.{{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|127|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}},{{Cite web |author=Statoids |url=http://www.statoids.com/ycu.html |title=Municipios of Cuba |date=July 2003 |accessdate=2007-10-07}} it has a population density of {{convert|400|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}.