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Marianao

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Marianao (märyänä`ō), city (1982 est. pop. 130,000), Ciudad de la Habana prov., W Cuba, a commercial and residential suburb of Havana. Marianao encloses the military base of Columbia, now called Ciudad Libertad. Chemicals, beer, and textiles are produced in the city, which has a fine beach. Founded in 1719 by Dominican and Augustinian monks, it was destroyed by fire in 1726. It was rebuilt in 1765 as Quemados de Marianao and grew with the 19th-century sugar boom.
Marianao
a city in NW Cuba, adjacent to W Havana city: the chief Cuban military base. Pop.: 133 015 (latest est.)


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CANF LEADER HARDLY 'SOFT ON COMMUNISM' Hernandez, 72, is originally from the Havana suburb of Marianao.
In the poor barrio of Marianao - a transport hub for people travelling to the provinces squeezed on benches in covered trucks - Babi and her daughter Olga amble home.
 
 
 
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