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Havana (Spanish: La Habana?·i, IPA: [la aˈβana], officially Ciudad de La Habana[3], is the capital city, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city is one of the 14 Cuban provinces. The city/province has 2.1 million inhabitants, and the u http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana

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