Editing Havana (section)

=== Location ===
[[File:La Habana Nasa.jpg|thumb|Satellite view of Havana in October 2005]]
[[File:Paseo del Prado, La Habana.jpg|thumb|right|[[Paseo del Prado, Havana]] in April 2019]]
Havana lies on the northern coast of Cuba along the [[Straits of Florida]], south of the [[Florida Keys]], where the [[Gulf of Mexico]] joins the Atlantic Ocean. The city extends mostly westward and southward from the bay, which is entered through a narrow inlet and which divides into three main harbors: Marimelena, Guanabacoa, and Atarés. The [[Almendares River]] traverses the city from south to north, entering the Straits of Florida a few miles west of the bay.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

There are low hills on which the city lies rise gently from the waters of the straits. A noteworthy elevation is the 200-foot-high (60-meter) limestone ridge that slopes up from the east and culminates in the heights of [[La Cabaña]] and [[Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro|El Morro]], the sites of Spanish fortifications overlooking the eastern bay. Another notable rise is the hill to the west that is occupied by the [[University of Havana]] and the [[Castillo del Príncipe (Havana)]].{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}