Metroji clue #107

Havana in five emoji

Cuba

Founded in 1519 and preserved partly by circumstance. The old centre is a UNESCO site and much of the rest is still waiting for repair.

What each emoji refers to

American cars from the 1950s kept running through fifty years of embargo and improvisation.
Son cubano came from the east and became the basis of most of what the world calls salsa.
Royal palms, which appear on the national coat of arms.
The daiquiri and the mojito were both mixed here first.
Old Havana holds one of the largest surviving Spanish colonial centres in the Americas.

Havana at a glance

Country
Cuba
Coordinates
23.11ยฐ N, 82.37ยฐ W
First played

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Havana.

City Distance Direction
MiamiUnited States 370 km
CancรบnMexico 510 km
NassauBahamas 550 km
KingstonJamaica 810 km
BelmopanBelize 930 km
New OrleansUnited States 1,080 km

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