Cotorro

Cotorro, or San Pedro del Cotorro, is one of the 15 municipalities (municipios in Spanish) in the city of Havana, Cuba.

Cotorro
Municipality of Havana
Location of Cotorro in Havana
Coordinates: 23°01′34″N 82°14′51″W
Country	Cuba
Province	Havana
Wards (Consejos Populares)	Alberro, Cuatro Caminos, Lotería, San Pedro-Centro Cotorro, Santa Maria del Rosario, Magdalena-Torriente
Government
• President	Yaima Valle Barrios
Area [1]
• Total	66 km2 (25 sq mi)
Population  (2004)[2]
• Total	74,650
• Density	1,131/km2 (2,930/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
Area code	+53-7

Overview

The municipality is situated by the Carretera Central (Central Highway), and main autopista (motorway). Cotorro is 16 km from Old Havana. Its foundation dates to 1822. By the end of the 1950s, Cotorro had grown in such a way that it was exceeding in extension and population to the head of the municipality.

Twin towns – sister cities

• Campinas, Brazil