Cárdenas is a municipality and city in the Matanzas Province of Cuba, about 175 km (109 miles) east of Havana. Cárdenas is a maritime port town on the somewhat marshy shore of a spacious bay of the northern coast of the island (Bay of Cárdenas), sheltered by a long promontory (Hicacos peninsula, including the Varadero beach resort). The city lies between the sea and hills. The world-famous beach resort of “Varadero” is part of the Municipality of Cárdenas. Cárdenas was founded in 1828, with the help of several old aristocratic Spanish-Cuban families from the nearby provincial capital of Matanzas and in 1861 already had 12,910 inhabitants. The completion of the railroad in 1841 led to further development. Cárdenas was one of the first cities in Cuba to have electric service, public transportation (trams), telegraph and telephone.
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