Geography of Trinidad
Trinity; the city Museum of the Caribbean Sea, extends from 21°05´ up to 21°15´ north latitude, and between 79°45´ and the 80°07´ west longitude. The territorial area of Trinidad is 1155.4 km2, with a population density of 57.8 inhabitants per km2. It limits to the north with the municipalities of Manicaragua and Fomento, to the south with the Caribbean Sea, to the east with the municipality of Sancti Spíritus and to the west with the municipalities of Manicaragua and Cumanayagua.
Located in the south-central part of Cuba, the Trinidad coast has more than four kilometers of fine sand in the eastern part of the Ancón peninsula. María Aguilar beach, in the western part, has an area of about 500 meters of sand, with a beautiful segment of coast, characterized by being intimate and peaceful. Just a few meters from the shore you can see extraordinary seabeds. The hydrography of Trinidad is not very extensive, the basin or zone of Trinidad, with an area of 220.7 km, is made up of the set of small rivers that flow into the coastal section to the west of the city: Cabagan, Guanayara, Cañas and Guaurabo.
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Geography of Sancti Spíritus
Located in the south-central portion of the province, it borders to the north with the municipalities of Jatibonico, Taguasco, Cabaiguán and Fomento; to the east with Jatibonico and La Sierpe; the Caribbean Sea to the south and west with the municipalities of Trinidad and Fomento. The territorial area is 1,142.20 km², with a population density of 124.2 inhabitants/km².
Founded in 1514 on the western bank of the Tuinucú River, in the indigenous territory of Magón, an Aboriginal word that means “country that has no end” and then moved to the banks of the Yayabo River. Sancti Spíritus or Holy Spirits was the original name given to this town by the Spanish colonizers, to exalt one of the figures of the Holy Trinity, being the fourth among the first seven towns founded on the Island and the only one with a Latin name. The town was moved to the banks of the Yayabo River in the year 1522, about two leagues from its original seat, where it was permanently settled