Brief historical review of Cárdenas
Only 9 km from Varadero, the most beautiful beach in the world, and just over a hundred from the island's capital, is the city of San Juan de Dios de Cárdenas, head of the Cárdenas Municipality, a territory located on the coast north of the province of Matanzas.
With a population of about 156,000 inhabitants, the wealth of the Municipality is divided between agricultural, fishing and industrial production. A good percentage of its inhabitants work in the tourist pole of Varadero while the other is employed in the production of sugar and its derivatives, such as rum and alcohol; the fishing industry, the manufacturing centers that produce equipment, pieces, food, etc., agricultural activities, the cultivation of henequen and activities of service and care for the population.