Ten fun facts about Havana
Fact 1
Havana is home to the Cuban National Ballet School, with approximately 3,000 students making it the biggest ballet school in the world.
Fact 2
As of 2010, Havana had a population of 2,168,255, making it the ninth largest city in Latin America.
Fact 3
Despite what many people assume, Havana is a safe city because the police presence on the streets is heavy. Cuba is the safest country in the region.
Fact 4The International Ballet Festival of Havana, a ballet festival held every two years, started in 1960 making it the oldest of all held in the world.
Fact 5In 1982, Old Havana was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List because it exhibits more than 2,000 hectares of almost all the Western architectural styles seen in the New World.
Fact 6The Havana Riviera Hotel, built in 1957, was actually inspired after a mobster visited the Riviera Casino in Las Vegas.
Fact 7Cuba's oldest cigar factory, the Real Fabrica de Tabacos Partagas, is located in Havana Cuba, which produces the world famous Habanos cigars.
Fact 8In 1837, after its first railroad was constructed in Havana, it made Cuba the first Spanish-speaking country and fifth country in the world to have a railroad.
Fact 9There is a park in the city called 'John Lennon Park'. It has a sculpture of the Beatles member John Lennon sitting on a park bench.
Fact 10The official nickname of the city is 'Ciudad de la Columnas' or the City of Columns, referring to its Colonial architecture.
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