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Pinar del Rio

Pinar del Rio city (1994 est. pop. 118,000), capital of Pinar del Rio prov., W Cuba. It is linked by rail and highway to Havana and is the center of a road network running through the province. The city, founded in 1699, is famous for the tobacco grown in the Vuelta Abajo district. Near the city is the picturesque valley of Viñales.

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Pinar del Río, Cuba Nueva Filipina A province and a city founded in 1775 and called Nueva Filipina ‘New Philippines’ in 1800. It was subsequently renamed after the tall pine trees found on river banks in the province from the Spanish pinar ‘pine grove’, del ‘of the’, and río ‘river’.

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	CUBA: POULTRY FARMING DEVASTATED IN PINAR DEL RIO. Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 9/18/2008
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	Cuban society is in its "terminal phase" with a deteriorating economic and political situation, says Dagoberto Valdes Hernandez, director of the Center of Civic and Religious Formation of the diocese of Pinar del Rio, Cuba.(People)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 11/26/2004

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	Pinar del Rio: tobacco king in Cuba's westernmost province.(Province overview) News Wire article from: CubaNews; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Caribbean Sea to its south, Pinar del Rio is the westernmost and...Honda and Cabanas, Pinar del Rio lacks of major port...top cigar factories. Pinar del Rio has no civilian airport...cigars are manufactured. Pinar del Rio accounts for 20% of ...
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	Pinar del Rio feeds Japanese lemon demand.(Brief Article) News Wire article from: CubaNews; 7/1/2004; 562 words ; Farmers in Pinar del Rio province are producing more lemons in order to supply growing Japanese...will also meet demand by hotels in Havana and Varadero. Meanwhile, Pinar del Rio's state-run citrus enterprise is building 35 greenhouses to cultivate...
	Pinar Del Rio infrastructure still a mess. News Wire article from: CubaNews; 10/1/2003; 338 words ; Officials are investing in Pinar del Rio's construction sector in order to speed up the rebuilding...quality of materials produced there. By the end of July, Pinar del Rio had produced over 20,000 cubic meters of sand and...