Havana, Cuba

E396

capital city municipality

Havana, Cuba is the capital and largest city of Cuba, renowned for its historic architecture, vibrant culture, and significant political and economic role in the Caribbean.

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All labels observed (22)

Label	Occurrences
Havana	860
Havana, Cuba canonical	63
Havana metropolitan area	7
La Habana	6
Ciudad de La Habana	2
Havana city	2
Havana is the capital of Cuba	2
Havana urban area	2
San Cristóbal de La Habana	2
Habanero	1
Havana (national capital of Cuba)	1
Havana Bay area	1
Havana city center	1
Havana harbor	1
Havana metropolitan historical region	1
Havana, capital of Cuba	1
Old Havana	1
Old Havana and its Fortification System	1
Port of Havana	1
city of Havana	1
municipality of Havana	1
port of Havana	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5216 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Havana, Cuba
Context triple: [John H. Sununu, placeOfBirth, Havana, Cuba]

A. Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island and unincorporated U.S. territory known for its Spanish-Caribbean culture, tropical climate, and status as a popular tourist destination.
B. Mexico
Mexico is a large North American country known for its rich pre-Columbian and colonial history, diverse cultures, and influential cuisine and arts.
C. Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States, serving as the nation’s political center and home to its federal government institutions.
D. New York City
New York City is the largest city in the United States, a global center of finance, culture, media, and technology.
E. Douglas
Douglas is a masculine given name of Scottish origin that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Havana, Cuba
Target entity description: Havana, Cuba is the capital and largest city of Cuba, renowned for its historic architecture, vibrant culture, and significant political and economic role in the Caribbean.

A. Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island and unincorporated U.S. territory known for its Spanish-Caribbean culture, tropical climate, and status as a popular tourist destination.
B. Mexico
Mexico is a large North American country known for its rich pre-Columbian and colonial history, diverse cultures, and influential cuisine and arts.
C. Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States, serving as the nation’s political center and home to its federal government institutions.
D. New York City
New York City is the largest city in the United States, a global center of finance, culture, media, and technology.
E. Douglas
Douglas is a masculine given name of Scottish origin that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
area	about 728 km² ⓘ
capitalOf	Cuba ⓘ
climate	tropical savanna climate ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Cuba ⓘ
daylightSavingTimeZone	UTC−04:00 ⓘ
demonym	Habanera ⓘ Havana, Cuba self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Habanero
elevationAboveSeaLevel	59 meters ⓘ
foundedBy	Spanish Empire ⓘ
foundingCountry	Spanish Empire ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Spain
foundingDate	1519-11-16 ⓘ
hasInternationalAirport	José Martí International Airport ⓘ
hasLandmark	Castillo del Morro ⓘ El Capitolio ⓘ Finca Vigía ⓘ Gran Teatro de La Habana ⓘ Malecón ⓘ Museo de la Revolución ⓘ Plaza de la Revolución ⓘ
hasPort	Havana, Cuba self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Port of Havana
hasSportsTeam	Industriales (baseball) ⓘ
hasUniversity	University of Havana ⓘ
historicCenter	Havana, Cuba self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Havana
isSeatOf	Council of Ministers of Cuba ⓘ Council of State of Cuba ⓘ Cuban government ⓘ Cuban government ⓘ surface form: National Assembly of People's Power
knownFor	economic significance in the Caribbean ⓘ historic architecture ⓘ political significance in the Caribbean ⓘ vibrant culture ⓘ
largestCityOf	Cuba ⓘ
locatedIn	Caribbean ⓘ
locatedOn	Gulf of Mexico ⓘ Straits of Florida ⓘ
majorIndustry	manufacturing ⓘ services ⓘ tourism ⓘ
namedAfter	Havana, Cuba self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: San Cristóbal de La Habana
officialLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
partOf	La Habana Province ⓘ
population	over 2,000,000 ⓘ
populationRankInCountry	1 ⓘ
timeZone	Cuba Standard Time ⓘ UTC−05:00 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Havana, Cuba self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Havana and its Fortification System
UNLOCODE	CUHAV ⓘ