Vilo Acuña Airport (Vilo Acuña Airport)
Vilo Acuña Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional Vilo Acuña) is an international airport serving Cayo Largo del Sur, a small coral island in Cuba. It is located within the special municipality (municipio especial) of Isla de la Juventud.
The airport resides at an elevation of 3 m above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 3000 x.
On February 20, 2020, damages to the only airport runway forced tourist passengers to return to the mainland via boat.
The airport resides at an elevation of 3 m above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 3000 x.
On February 20, 2020, damages to the only airport runway forced tourist passengers to return to the mainland via boat.
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The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited by the Ciboney people from the 4th millennium BC with the Guanahatabey and Taíno peoples until Spanish colonization in the 15th century. From the 15th century, it was a colony of Spain, and slavery was abolished in 1886, remaining a Spanish colony until the Spanish–American War of 1898, when Cuba was occupied by the United States and gained independence in 1902. In 1940, Cuba implemented a new constitution, but mounting political unrest culminated in a coup in 1952 and the subsequent dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, which was later overthrown in January 1959 by the 26th of July Movement during the Cuban Revolution, which afterwards established communist rule under the leadership of Fidel Castro. The country was a point of contention during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, and a nuclear war nearly broke out during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cuba faced a severe economic downturn in the 1990s, known as the Special Period. In 2008, Fidel Castro resigned after 49 years of leadership of Cuba and was replaced by his brother Raúl Castro.
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ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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CUC | Cuban convertible peso | $ | 2 |
CUP | Cuban peso | $ | 2 |
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ES | Spanish language |