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The Province of Pinar del Rio is
found in the western part of Cuba. The province is two hours
drive from Havana, the capital of Cuba. Of a surface area of
10904 km², the Province of Pinar del Rio shelters the most
beautiful landscapes in the island. The three low mountain
ranges found on its dominion namely; the Cordillera de
Guaniguanico, by the east the Sierra del Rosario (699m) and the
western chain Sierra de los Organos (617m) overhang limestones
cones and flat green valleys. The soil of various shades of red
and sandy at other places is fertile. Its inhabitants are called
the Pinareños. Scattered across the lush countryside of the
province, houses roofed with overlaid and woven royal palm
leaves and framed with palm wood, the ‘Bohios’ are the dwellings
of the peasants. Tobacco farming and tourism play an important
role in the Province of Pinar del Rio economy. Cuba, famous
worldwide for its cigars, harvest 70 % of its tobacco production
in the Province of Pinar del Rio! On the flat arable lands of
San Juan y Martínez, a municipality of the Province of Pinar del
Rio, the tobacco of its most expensive brand are grown. |
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