What is Pinar del Río?
[[File:Coat of arms of the Pinar Del Rio Province.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Pinar del Río''' is the capital city in [[Pinar del Río Province]] in northwestern [[Cuba]]. The city has over 159,000 people living within its [[boundary|boundaries]] according to the 2021 estimates.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pinar del Rio Population for 2021|work=The Population Hub|url=https://population-hub.com/en/cu/population-of-pinar-del-rio-8378.html|access-date=August 28, 2021}}</ref> The region where the city was later founded was originally named Nueva Filipina (New Philippines). Its name was changed to Pinar del Río in the 1770s.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Pinar del Rio History|publisher=The Cuba Travel Network|url=https://www.cubatravelnetwork.com/cuba-destinations/destination/pinar-del-rio-city|access-date=August 28, 2021|archive-date=August 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828104909/https://www.cubatravelnetwork.com/cuba-destinations/destination/pinar-del-rio-city|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinar del Rio}} [[Category:Establishments in Cuba]] [[Category:18th-century establishments in North America]] [[Category:Cities in Cuba]] [[Category:Provincial capitals in Cuba]] {{multistub|geo|North-America}}