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11 unusual facts about Pinar del Rio Province


1909 Grand Isle hurricane

On September 16, it attained the equivalent of a modern-day Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale and further strengthened to attain winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) before making landfall in Pinar del Río Province, Cuba on September 18.

After reaching this strength, the storm slowed and gradually took a more northwesterly course, heading towards Pinar del Río Province in western Cuba.

1924 Cuba hurricane

About 90 people were killed in the country, all in Pinar del Río Province.

1976–77 Cuban National Series

Citricultores, hailing from Matanzas Province, won the 16th Cuban National Series by a slim margin over Vegueros (Pinar del Río Province) and Metropolitanos (Havana).

El Cañal

El Cañal, Pinar del Río Province, (Latitude (DMS): 22° 28' 60 N Longitude (DMS): 83° 22' 60 W)

Microcycas

Microcycas is a genus of cycads in the family Zamiaceae containing only one species, Microcycas calocoma, endemic to a small area in western Cuba in Pinar del Río Province.

Omar Ajete

Omar Ajete Iglesias (born July 31, 1965 in San Juan, Pinar del Río, Cuba) is a former baseball player, who starred for the Cuban National Series' Pinar del Río Vegueros and the Cuban national team.

Paralouatta

This cranium and a number of isolated teeth and postcranial bones were found in a cave site in Pinar del Río Province.

Pedro Luis Lazo

Pedro Luis Lazo Iglesias (born April 15, 1973 in Pinar del Río Province, Cuba) is a top pitcher in Cuban baseball.

Timeline of the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season

In late June, Tropical Depression One caused severe flooding in southwestern Florida and Cuba; heavy rainfall was recorded in Pinar del Río, Matanzas, and Havana

Tropidophis xanthogaster

Guanahacabibes dwarf boa, Tropidophis xanthogaster, is a newly described species of dwarf boa endemic to the Guanahacabibes Peninsula, in the province of Pinar del Río, western Cuba.