Local time
Sun, 10:31 AM GMT-4America/HavanaCityCapital
Havana
23.13° N, 82.37° W
- Population
- 2,174,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 23
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 23 cities of Cuba in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Cuba, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- America/Havana
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Havana, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Havana have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
Spanish soldier Diego Velazquez named the city "San Cristobal de la Habana," or "Saint Christopher of the Habana." The word "Habana" may have been the name of a local ethnic group, but its meaning is unknown.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person