Morón, Cuba
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.png) Morón municipality (red) within Ciego de Ávila Province (yellow) and Cuba |
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| Coordinates: 22°06′39″N 78°37′40″W / 22.11083°N 78.62778°WCoordinates: 22°06′39″N 78°37′40″W / 22.11083°N 78.62778°W | |
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 Cuba
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| Province | Ciego de Ávila |
| Founded | 1543 |
| Established | 1750 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 615.1 km2 (237.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 64,661 |
| • Density | 98.6/km2 (255/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | +53 33 |
Morón is a city and a municipality in Ciego de Ávila Province in central Cuba. It is one of ten municipalities in the province, and is the second in importance and the oldest. Morón is the closest city to the tourist resorts on Cayo Coco and Cayo Guillermo.
The municipality is located north of the city of Ciego de Ávila, bordering the Bolivia municipality to the east, Chambas to the west, the Bay of Buena Vista and the Jardines del Rey to the north and the Ciro Redondo municipality to the south. The terrain is mostly plain, with small hills to the north, made up of salt domes. The north shore is covered by marshes.
Morón has the largest natural water mirror in Cuba, Laguna de Leche, of 67.2 km2 (25.9 sq mi). Cayo Guillermo, one of the cays of Jardines del Rey archipellago is located north of Morón, across the Bay of Dogs (Bahia Perros).
The northern highway (Carretera del Norte) passes through the city; the main road from Ciego de Avila to Cayo Coco also skirts it. It is also linked by railway, to Ciego de Avila, and on the Santa Clara-to-Nuevitas line.
Previously the municipality was much larger, being one of nine in the previous province of Camaguey. In 1943, it was divided into the barrios of Coronel Hernández, Chambas, Cupeyes, Este, Guadalupe, Mabuya, Marroquí, Oeste, Punta Alegre, Ranchuelo, Santa Gertrudis, Simón Reyes o Sandoval and Tamarindo.
The main economic activities are agriculture and tourism.
The first residents of Morón were Creoles from Sancti Spiritus, although among them were also said to be a group of Spanish sailors who, having navigated all around Cuba, had disembarked nearby and had decided to settle here. They were from Andalusia, in Old Castile, Extremadura, Galicia and the Canary Islands, among other places.
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