Centro Habana
# Centro Habana

Centro Habana is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs (municipios in Spanish) in the city of Havana, Cuba. There are many retail spaces (such as Plaza de Carlos III commercial center, office buildings, hotels, bars and clubs (such as the Casa de la Musica on Galliano). A chinatown - Barrio Chino - is also located in this district. It is a smaller municipality of Havana, and it has the highest population density.

Centro Habana is divided into five consejos populares (wards): Cayo Hueso, Colón, Dragones, Los Sitios and Pueblo Nuevo.

## History

The infrastructure of the city, built 450 years ago, heavily deteriorated during the 1990s after the collapse of the Cuban-Soviet trade partnership. In 1996, restoration projects were started to improve housing and infrastructure in the Cayo Hueso community.

Centro Habana was established as an administrative division in 1963 and later formally made its own municipio in 1976.

## Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of Centro Habana had a population of 158,151. With a total area of 4 $km^2$ (1.5 sq mi), it has a population density of 39,537.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (102,402/sq mi).

