# Gibara

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gibara
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| nickname = La Villa Blanca de los Cangrejos
| settlement_type = [Municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Cuba)
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| image_skyline = La Villa de Gibara.jpg
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| image_map = Gibara (Cuban municipal map).png
| map_caption = Gibara municipality (red) within <br> Holguín Province (yellow) and Cuba
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| leader_title = Vice-President
| leader_name = Sonia Adelaida Chacón Fernández
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| established_date = 1817<ref name=guije/>
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'''Gibara''' ({{IPA|es|xiˈβaɾa}}) is a town and [municipality](/source/municipality) of the [Province](/source/Provinces_of_Cuba) of [Holguín](/source/Holgu%C3%ADn_Province) in the Republic of [Cuba](/source/Cuba). Gibara is the fourth largest town by population and the ninth by area in Holguín.<ref name="citypopulation" />

==Demographics==
In 2022, the municipality of Gibara had a population of 69,451.<ref name="citypopulation">{{Cite web |title=Cuba: Administrative Division (Provinces and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/cuba/admin/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref> With a total area of {{convert|630|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}},<ref name=statoids>{{Cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/ycu.html|title=Municipios of Cuba|author=Statoids| accessdate=2007-10-05}}</ref> it has a population density of {{convert|110|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}.

The municipality is divided into the [barrio](/source/barrio)s of Arroyo Blanco, Blanquizal, Bocas, Candelaria, Cantimplora, Cupeycillos, Palmita, and Rabón.<ref name=guije>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guije.com/pueblo/municipios/ogibara/index.htm|title=Gibara|author=Guije.com|accessdate=2007-10-05|language=es}} - the list of barrios in the article does not match the source, which refers to 1943 when the municipality was 1.5 times the size</ref>

==See also==
*[List of cities in Cuba](/source/List_of_cities_in_Cuba)
*[Municipalities of Cuba](/source/Municipalities_of_Cuba)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline}}
*{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Gibara|volume=11|page=927}}

{{Adjacent communities
 | Centre = Gibara
 | N  = ''North [Atlantic Ocean](/source/Atlantic_Ocean)''
 | E  = [Rafael Freyre](/source/Rafael_Freyre)
 | S  = [Holguín](/source/Holgu%C3%ADn)
 | SW = [Calixto García](/source/Calixto_Garc%C3%ADa%2C_Cuba)
 | W  = [Jesús Menéndez](/source/Jes%C3%BAs_Men%C3%A9ndez) ([Las Tunas](/source/Las_Tunas_Province))
}}
{{Municipalities in Holguín}}
{{Authority control}}

Category:Populated places in Holguín Province

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