Viñales
Viñales | |
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Viñales municipality (red) within Pinar del Río Province (yellow) and Cuba | |
| Coordinates: 22°36′55″N 83°42′57″W / 22.61528°N 83.71583°W | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Province | Pinar del Río |
| Settled | 1871 |
| Established | 1878 |
| Area | |
| 704 km2 (272 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 135 m (443 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| 28,740 | |
| • Density | 41/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 17,334 |
| • Rural | 11,406 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| Area code | +53-48 |
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Viñales is a town and municipality in the north-central Pinar del Río Province of Cuba. The town consists mostly of one-story wooden houses with porches. The municipality is dominated by low mountain ranges of the Cordillera de Guaniguanico such as Sierra de los Órganos. Typical outcrops known as mogotes complete the karstic character of the landscape.
The town and the Viñales Valley immediately to the north were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in November 1999 for the karst landscape and traditional agriculture as well as vernacular architecture, crafts and music.