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Matanzas is the capital of the Cuba n Province Matanzas . It is famed for its Afro-Cuban folklore. Matanzas is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba , in the bay of Matanzas (spanish ''Bahia de Matanzas''), 90km east of the capital Havana and 42km west of the resort town of Varadero . Matanzas is called ''the city of bridges'', of which there are a lot, crossing the tree rivers that traverse the city (Rio Yumuri, San Juan and Canimar) and "La Atenas de Cuba" (the Athens of Cuba). The city is divided in three suburbs: Versalles, Central Matanzas and Pueblo Nuevo. NAME ORIGIN The name Matanzas which means massacre refers to a putative slaughter at the port of the same name in which thirty were killed {Link without Title} . Only two women, one of these said to be the beautiful María de Estrada, survived, because they were "taken" by a Cacique. María later escaped the "power of the Cacique" and married Pedro Sánchez Farfán in the city of Trinidad. ATTRACTIONS
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