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Nuevitas

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Nuevitas (nwāvē`täs), city (1995 est. pop. 52,000), Camagüey prov., E Cuba, on the Guincho peninsula on the north coast. Nuevitas is sheltered by a huge harbor, has two auxiliary ports, and is a major shipping point for Cuban sugar as well as other products from the surrounding agricultural region. It also possesses diversified light industry and serves as a road and rail terminus. The large bay was sighted by Columbus in 1492. Founded in 1775, the city was moved to its present site in 1828.

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Freeman Matthews, Charge, Nuevitas, December 19, 1933, CUSDPR, rl.
The two 40-foot sea containers are arriving on board the Nuevitas of Cuba's Coral Line out of Montreal.
 
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