Bejucal

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subdivision_name1 = La Habana
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established_title = Founded
established_date = 1874
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population_total = 25425
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latd= 22|latm= 55|lats= 58|latNS=N
longd= 82|longm= 23|longs= 13|longEW=W
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footnotes = Bejucal is a municipality and city in the La Habana Province of Cuba. It borders to the north "Santiago de las Vegas"; to the east with "San Antonio de las Vegas" and Batabanó; to the south with "La Salud"; and on the west with "San Antonio de los Baños". It was founded in 1874.

In the 1990s, the Cuban government built an electronics satellite communications site at Bejucal with assistance from the Russian government. In 1999, the Cuban and Chinese governments signed an agreement to allow Bejucal to use Chinese communications satellites. It has been reported that the equipment at Bejucal has been used to interfere and intrude on U.S. VOA broadcasts directed at Cuba and other countries such as Iran. [NBC news. [http://www.nbc6.net/news/2334674/detail.html Cuba jamming TV signals to Iran] ] [cite news |first=J. Michael |last=Waller |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Iran and Cuba Zap U.S. Satellites; Acting on behalf of the mullahs in Tehran, Fidel Castro has been jamming U.S. satellite broadcasts into Iran from an electronic-espionage base outside of Havana |url=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33957 |work= Insight on the News via World Net Daily|publisher= |date= August 19, 2003 |accessdate=2008-08-02 ]

Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of Bejucal had a population of 25,425.Cite web| url=http://www.atenas.inf.cu/todo/Estadisticas/TABLA%20No_3balance.htm| title=2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality| author= Atenas.cu| year= 2004| accessdate=2007-10-07 Es icon] With a total area of km2 to mi2|120|abbr=yes|wiki=yes,Cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/ycu.html|title=Municipios of Cuba|author=Statoids| year=2003| month=July| accessdate=2007-10-07 ] it has a population density of Pop density km2 to mi2|211.9|abbr=yes.

The municipality is divided into the barrios of San Felipe de Bejucal, Aguas Verdes and Beltrán.Cite web|url=http://www.guije.com/pueblo/municipios/hbejucal/index.htm|title=Bejucal|author=Guije.com|accessdate=2007-10-07 Es icon]

Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of Bejucal include:
*Albio Sires, Member of the United States House of Representatives from ushr|New Jersey|13. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=s001165 Albio Sires] , "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". Accessed September 25, 2007.]

ee also

*Municipalities of Cuba
*List of cities in Cuba

References

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