'''Гавана''' ({{IPAclang-enes|h|ə|ˈ|v|æ|n|ə}}; [[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''La Habana'', {{IPA-es|la aˈβana||HAV.ogg}}) is the [[capital city]], [[Provinces of Cuba|province]], major port, and leading commercial centre of [[Cuba]].<ref name="CIA Factbook">{{cite web|title=CIA World Fact Book|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.html|publisher=CIA World factbook|accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref> The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants,<ref name=Official_census /><ref name="CIA Factbook"/> and it spans a total of {{convert|728.26|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} − making it the largest city by area, the most populous city, and the [[List of metropolitan areas in the West Indies|third largest metropolitan area]] in the [[Caribbean|Caribbean region]].<ref name=Official_census/><ref>{{en icon}} [http://www.mongabay.com/igapo/Latin_America.htm Latin America Population] – Havana city population.</ref> The city extends mostly westward and southward from the [[Havana Harbor|bay]], which is entered through a narrow inlet and which divides into three main harbours: [[Havana Harbour#Facilities|Marimelena, Guanabacoa and Atarés]]. The sluggish [[Almendares River]] traverses the city from south to north, entering the [[Straits of Florida]] a few miles west of the bay.<ref name="Anuario Estadistico">{{cite web|title=Anuario Estadistico de Ciudad de La Habana|url=http://www.one.cu/aed2010/03Ciudad%20Habana/esp/20080618_tabla_cuadro.htm|publisher=ONE - Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas (National Stadistics Office)|accessdate=28 November 2011|language=Spanish}}</ref>
