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Camaguey. Land of Legends.
Camaguey is the most western of the eastern provinces, it borders to the West with the province of Ciego de Ávila, to the South with the Caribbean Sea, to the North with the Straits of Florida and to the East with the province of Las Tunas. It is also the largest province on the island and the one with the least well known tourist resources despite its magnificent beaches around Santa Lucía, on the north coast, and Jardines de la Reina in the south, and despite having one of the largest, best-conserved and most interesting colonial centres in the country.
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Practically the whole coast is formed by low plains with good beaches; it has a wide insular shelf which holds many Cays of outstanding beauty, to the north of Jardines del Rey ¿ where the Sabinal and Romano Cays are the most important ¿ and to the south of Jardines de la Reina.
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The City of Camaguey
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Founded in 1514, it is one of the first 7 towns of Cuba and is characterised by an urban landscape of narrow, rambling streets that converge into the numerous squares of its Old Quarter, which is one of the largest on the island and contains many buildings of significant architectonic and historic-cultural interest, as well as interesting museums. It can be said that after the Old Havana and Trinidad the Old Quarter of Camaguey is the most interesting on the island due to its size and conservation.
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The climate is similar to the rest of the island, subtropical and humid with average annual temperatures of 25 degrees Celsius (maximum recorded, 37.5; minimum recorded, 3.0 degrees Celsius) and rainfall of 1105 mm per year with an average of 115 rainy days, although on the coast and the cays there are very few rainy days throughout the year.
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