Isla de la Juventud

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island municipality

Isla de la Juventud is the second-largest Cuban island, located south of the main island in the Caribbean Sea and known for its unique administrative status and historical role as a penal colony and revolutionary site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
administrativeStatus special municipality of Cuba ⓘ
airport Rafael Cabrera Mustelier Airport ⓘ
area approximately 2419 km² ⓘ
belongsTo Greater Antilles ⓘ
surface form: Greater Antilles region
capital Nueva Gerona ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
country Cuba ⓘ
currency Cuban peso ⓘ
distanceFromMainIsland about 50 km south of mainland Cuba ⓘ
formerName Isla de Pinos ⓘ
governingBody Municipal Assembly of People’s Power of Isla de la Juventud ⓘ
hasFeature caves ⓘ
coral reefs ⓘ
limestone hills ⓘ
mangrove forests ⓘ
hasPort Nueva Gerona port ⓘ
hasPrison Presidio Modelo ⓘ
hasSettlement La Fe ⓘ
Santa Fe ⓘ
historicalEvent imprisonment of Fidel Castro after Moncada Barracks attack ⓘ
historicalUse penal colony for political prisoners ⓘ
knownFor agricultural production ⓘ
penal colony history ⓘ
revolutionary history ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
largestCity Nueva Gerona ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Batabanó ⓘ
surface form: Gulf of Batabanó region
locatedSouthOf Cuba ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
notPartOf any Cuban province ⓘ
partOf Canarreos Archipelago ⓘ
Cuban archipelago ⓘ
population approximately 80,000 inhabitants ⓘ
previousNameUntil Isla de Pinos until 1978 ⓘ
protectedArea Los Indios–San Felipe Ecological Reserve ⓘ
Punta Francés National Marine Park ⓘ
renamedIn 1978 ⓘ
secondLargestIslandOf Cuba ⓘ
timeZone Cuba Standard Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST UTC−04:00 ⓘ
timeZoneUTCOffset UTC−05:00 ⓘ
transportConnection ferry to Batabanó on mainland Cuba ⓘ
UNLOCODE CUISJ ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Batabanó → connectsTo → Isla de la Juventud ⓘ
Serie Nacional de Béisbol → hasTeam → Isla de la Juventud ⓘ
Cuban government → specialMunicipality → Isla de la Juventud ⓘ
Cuba Standard Time → usedIn → Isla de la Juventud ⓘ