What is Nueva Gerona?
[[Image:Presidio Modelo.JPG|thumb|250px|Presidio Modelo]] '''Nueva Gerona''' is a city in [[Cuba]]. It is the capital of the [[Isla de la Juventud]] special municipality and province. In 2012, 59,049 people lived there. The city has quarters of Centro, Abel Santamaría, Sierra Caballo, Nazareno, Saigón, Chacón and José Martí. In the suburban quarter of Chacón is the [[Presidio Modelo]], a former prison and now a museum. The city was founded in 1830. {{authority control}} {{North-America-stub}} [[Category:1830 establishments]] [[Category:1830s establishments in North America]] [[Category:19th-century establishments in Cuba]] [[Category:Cities in Cuba]] [[Category:Provincial capitals in Cuba]]