Desembarco del Granma National Park

Desembarco del Granma National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Location in Cuba
Location	Cuba
Nearest city	Niquero
Coordinates	19°53′00″N 77°38′00″W / 19.88333°N 77.63333°W / 19.88333; -77.63333Coordinates: 19°53′00″N 77°38′00″W / 19.88333°N 77.63333°W / 19.88333; -77.63333
Area	261.80 km²
Established	1986
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type	Natural
Criteria	vii, viii
Designated	1999 (23rd session)
Reference no.	889
State Party	Cuba
Region	Latin America and the Caribbean

Desembarco del Granma National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma) is a national park in south-eastern Cuba, in what is now Granma Province. The park is named after the yacht in which Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Raúl Castro, and 79 of their supporters sailed from Mexico to Cuba in 1956 and incited the Cuban Revolution. it was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site because of its marine terraces and pristine sea cliffs.

See also

• Niquero, the municipality in which the national park is located.
• Granma, the revolutionaries' yacht that landed here.

External links

• World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• Official UNESCO website entry

Protected areas of Cuba National parks Alejandro de Humboldt Caguanes Ciénaga de Zapata Desembarco del Granma Guanahacabibes Jardines de la Reina Sierra Cristal Turquino Viñales World heritage sites Alejandro de Humboldt Camagüey Cienfuegos Desembarco del Granma Old Havana San Pedro de la Roca South-East Coffee Plantations Trinidad Valley de los Ingenios Viñales Valley Biosphere reserves Baconao Buena Vista Ciénaga de Zapata Cuchillas del Toa Guanahacabibes Sierra del Rosario

World Heritage Sites in Cuba Alejandro de Humboldt National Park Historic Centre of Camagüey Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba Desembarco del Granma National Park Old Havana and its Fortifications San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios Viñales Valley