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It is the primatial city of Cuba due to the fact that it was the first village established by the Spaniards in 1511. It is the main village of the municipality of the same name. It is in the most eastern current province of Cuba, which is called Guantanamo. Baracoa was given the title of National Monument because of its relevance.

A group of emigrants came from Asia in the 19Th centuries and started to settle in 60 hectares, in the current municipality of Centro Habana.  The fact made this place known as The China Town of Havana .The neighborhood emerged in 1858, and expanded so fast that in its time it became the biggest and the most famous in America. The area includes some institutions which bring together resident Chinese in Cuba and their descendants. In this place a traditional festivity inherited from a thousand- year- old history is held.  It is a kind of parade, transferred to the Caribbean and is headed by the classic Chinese dragon.

At present it constitutes a Popular Council of the Cerro Municipality named Pilar Atares.  Its name is due, the first, for having in the parish of the region the patron saint Our Lady of Pilar,  and the second,  for the existing Castle in the locality built in times of Captain General Ambrosio de Funes Villa Pando y Abarca de Bolea, Spanish general known as the Count of Ricla.

It is a Popular Council of the Habana Vieja Municipality. The locality acquired a significant importance due to the existence in its territory of buildings such as the Church of the Holy Spirit, the Church of San Francisco de Paula, the Church and Convent of Belen and the Monastery of Santa Clara, among others.