A City A Day

Belize City Belize Belize City  is the  largest city  in the Central American country of  Belize  and was once the  capital  of the former  British Honduras . The population of Belize City is 67,964, with neighboring suburbs adding up to about 80,000. [3]  It is located at the mouth of the  Belize River  on the coast of the  Caribbean . The city is the country's principal port and its financial and industrial hub. Several cruise ships drop anchor outside the port and are tended by local citizens. The city was almost entirely destroyed in 1961 when  Hurricane Hattie  swept ashore on 31 October. It was the capital of British Honduras (as Belize was then named) until the government was moved to the new capital of  Belmopan  in 1970. [4]

Guatemala City  (in full,  La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción ; locally known as  Guatemala  or  Guate ), is the  capital  and largest city of the  Republic of Guatemala , and the most populous in  Central America . The city is located in the south-central area of the country and has a large number of green areas. In 2009, it had a formal population of 1,075,000, but the metropolitan population is believed to be at least 2.3 million. [1]  Guatemala City is also the capital city of the local Municipio de Guatemala, and  Guatemala Department . The city is located at  14°38′N   90°33′W , in a mountain valley called Valle de la Ermita in the south central part of the country Guatemala. Within the confines of modern Guatemala City is the ancient Maya city of  Kaminaljuyu . Kaminaljuyu was first occupied between 1200 and 1000 BC and the city continued to be inhabited for about 2000 years before it was abandoned in...

San Miguel  is the third most populous  city  in  El Salvador  after  Santa Ana . It is located 138 km east of the capital,  San Salvador . It is also the capital of  the department of San Miguel  and a municipality. The population of the city in (2007) was 218,410 habitants. After the foundation of the Villa de, the Spaniards sent Captain  Luis de Moscoso east of the  Lempa River  with the entrust of the establishment of a new Spanish village. Such event took place on May 8, 1530, being the name given to the new village  San Miguel de la Frontera  (San Miguel of the Frontier). By 1586 the village had obtained the title of  city . The native language is Spanish. The city has been an important center of the agriculture, textile and chemical industries of  El Salvador . However, in the last decade the services sector, specially health care and commerce, have increased considerably, resulting in s...

San Pedro Sula  ( Spanish pronunciation:  [sam ˈpeðɾo sula] ) is a city in  Honduras . The city is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula (Sula Valley), about 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of  Puerto Cortés  on the  Caribbean Sea . With an estimated population of 873,824 people in the main municipality, and 1,245,598 in its metro area (2010), it is the second largest city, after the capital Tegucigalpa . It is the capital of the  Cortés Department . As of 2013 San Pedro Sula has the highest murder rate on Earth. To know more about this country, read the book below.

Managua  ( Spanish pronunciation:  [maˈnaɣwa] ) is the  capital  city of  Nicaragua  as well as the  department  and  municipality  by the same name. It is the largest city in Nicaragua in terms of population and geographic size. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Xolotlán or  Lake Managua , the city was declared the national capital in 1852. [3]  Prior to its inception as the capital city, the title had alternated between the cities of  León  and Granada . The city has a metropolitan population of about 2,200,000, composed predominantly of  mestizos . Managua is the second most populous city in Central America, after  Guatemala City .

San Jose  ("Saint Joseph",  Spanish :  San José ,  pronounced:  [saŋ xoˈse] ) is the capital of  Costa Rica , head of the province of San José, and the nation's largest city. Located in the  Central Valley , San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this  Central American  nation. The population of  San José Canton  is 288,054, [3]  though the metropolitan area  stretches beyond the canton limits and comprises a third of the country's population. Culturally, the city can be considered almost entirely European influenced, in part because of Spanish immigration soon after Costa Rica's discovery by Christopher Columbus, and the privileged classes which generally studied in Europe during the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. This can be seen in the architecture of the city, namely theatres, museums and houses in th...

Panama  city  (Spanish:  ciudad de Panamá ) is the  capital  and largest city of the Republic of  Panama . [3] [4]  It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, [5]  and is located at the Pacific entrance of the  Panama Canal , in the province  of Panama. The city is the political and administrative center of the country, as well as a hub for international banking and commerce. [6]  It is considered a  "beta-" world city , one of three Central American cities listed in this category. [7] The city of Panama has an average  GDP   per capita  of $15,300. [8]  It has a dense skyline of mostly high-rise buildings, and it is surrounded by a large belt of  tropical rainforest . Panama's  Tocumen International Airport , the largest and  busiest airport in Central America , offers daily flights to major international destinations. Panama was chosen as the 2003...

Nassau   / ˈ n æ s ɔː /  is the  capital , largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas . The city has a population of 248,948 (2010  census ), 70 percent of the entire population of the Bahamas (353,658).  Lynden Pindling International Airport , the major airport for the Bahamas, is located about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west of Nassau city centre, and has daily flights to major cities in the  United States , the  Caribbean ,  Canada , and the  United Kingdom . The city is located on the island of  New Providence , which functions much like a  business district . Nassau is the site of the House of Assembly and various judicial departments and was considered historically to be a stronghold of pirates. [1] Nassau's modern growth began in the late eighteenth century, with the influx of thousands of American  Loyalists  and their slaves to the Bahamas following the American Revolutionar...

Havana  is a  the  Caribbean ’s largest and most vivacious city, its romantic atmosphere is  the stuff of legend. Where else do you find vintage American cars running off Russian Lada engines, ration shops juxtaposed against gleaming colonial palaces, and revolutionary sloganeering drowned out by all-night parties? To know more about Cuba, please click the link below: Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know®, Second Edition To get the best travel deals, please click the link below: http://www.travelnow.com/templates/459445

Holguín  ( Spanish pronunciation:  [olˈɣin] ) is a municipality and city, the capital of the Cuban   Province of Holguín . It also includes a tourist area, offering beach resorts in the outskirts of the region. It was founded as  San Isidoro de Holguín  in 1545, [4]  and it is named after its founder Captain García Holguín, a Spanish military officer. Prior to 1976, Holguín was located in the province of  Oriente . The brewery Cerveceria Bucanero - a joint venture with  Labatt   of Canada - is based in the city. It makes three brands of beer (Bucanero, Cristal and Mayabe) sold in   convertible pesos . Near Holguín, the Villa El Quinque and the Villa El Cocal receive patients like Argentine soccer star  Diego Maradona  who was treated for his cocaine addiction there. The popular Playa Pesquero resort (Fishing Beach) is located on the coast north of Holguín city, about an hour's drive from the International Airp...

Santiago de Cuba  is the second largest city of  Cuba  and capital city of  Santiago de Cuba Province  in the south-eastern area of the island, some 540 miles (870 km) south-east of the Cuban capital of  Havana . The municipality extends over 1,023.8 square kilometers (395.3 sq mi), [2]  and contains the communities of  El Caney , Guilera, Antonio Maceo, Bravo, Castillo Duany, Leyte Vidal and Moncada. [3] Historically Santiago de Cuba has long been the second most important city on the island after Havana, and still remains the second largest. It is on a bay connected to the  Caribbean Sea  and is an important  sea port . In 2004 the city of Santiago de Cuba had a population of about 494,337 people. [4]

Guantánamo  is a municipality and city in southeast  Cuba  and capital of  Guantánamo Province . Guantánamo is served by the  Caimanera   port  near the site of a U.S. Naval base. The area produces  sugarcane  and  cotton  wool. These are traditional parts of the economy. The municipality is mountainous in the north, where it overlays the  Sierra Maestra (mountains), and borders the  Windward Passage  of the  Caribbean Sea  in the south. It is crossed by the Guantánamo, Yateras, Guaso, San Andrés and Sabanalamar rivers. The  Guantánamo Bay  is a natural harbour south of the city. The municipality is divided into the  barrios  of  Arroyo Hondo , Baitiquirí, Bano, Bayate, Caimanera, Camarones, Caridad, Corralillo, Cuatro Caminos, Filipinas, Glorieta, Gobierno, Guaso, Hospital, Indios, Isleta, Jaibo Abajo,  Las Lajas , Macurijes, Mercado, Ocujal, Parroquia, Pa...