Granma Province

Granma Province
Province of Cuba
Country Cuba
Capital Bayamo
Area[1]
 • Total 8,376.79 km2 (3,234.30 sq mi)
Population (2010-12-31)[1]
 • Total 835,675
 • Density 100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
Area code(s) +53-023

Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Bayamo. Other towns include Manzanillo (a port on the Gulf of Guacanayabo) and Pilón.

History

The province takes its name from the yacht Granma, used by Che Guevara and Fidel Castro to land in Cuba with 82 guerrillas on December 2nd, 1956; until 1976 the area formed part of the larger "Oriente Province". The American who sold the guerillas the secondhand yacht in Mexico apparently had named it "Granma" ("Granma", more usually "Grandma", is an affectionate term for a grandmother) after his grandmother.[2] The name of the vessel became an icon for Cuban communism.

The province is full of reminders of the Cuban Revolution, and of the Cuban Wars of Independence; plaques in the mountain commemorate the 1959 struggle against Fulgencio Batista. Other sites, unmarked, include archaeological digs, the sites of several palenques, and the fortified hamlets of escaped slaves. In 2005 Hurricane Dennis destroyed the site of Castro's headquarters at La Plata. There are numerous abandoned gold, silver, and manganese mine sites.

Economy

The majority of the revenue comes from coffee grown in the mountainous regions of the province. During the coffee harvest soldiers may set up roadblocks to ensure the delivery of the coffee to the government and not to the black market.

Municipalities

MunicipalityPopulation
(2004)		Area
(km²)		LocationRemarks
Bartolomé Masó53,02462920°10′7″N 76°56′33″W / 20.16861°N 76.94250°W
Bayamo222,11891820°22′54″N 76°38′33″W / 20.38167°N 76.64250°W Provincial capital
Buey Arriba31,32745220°10′25″N 76°44′57″W / 20.17361°N 76.74917°W
Campechuela46,09257720°14′0″N 77°16′44″W / 20.23333°N 77.27889°W
Cauto Cristo21,15955020°33′44″N 76°28′10″W / 20.56222°N 76.46944°W
Guisa50,92359620°15′40″N 76°32′17″W / 20.26111°N 76.53806°W
Jiguaní60,32064620°22′24″N 76°25′20″W / 20.37333°N 76.42222°W
Manzanillo130,78949820°20′23″N 77°06′31″W / 20.33972°N 77.10861°W
Media Luna35,33037620°08′40″N 77°26′10″W / 20.14444°N 77.43611°W
Niquero41,25258220°02′50″N 77°34′41″W / 20.04722°N 77.57806°W
Pilón29,75146219°54′20″N 77°19′15″W / 19.90556°N 77.32083°W
Río Cauto47,8331,50020°33′50″N 76°55′2″W / 20.56389°N 76.91722°W
Yara59,41557620°16′37″N 76°56′49″W / 20.27694°N 76.94694°W

Source: Population from 2004 Census.[3] Area from 1976 municipal re-distribution.[4]

Demographics

In 2004, the province of Granma had a population of 829,333.[3] With a total area of 8,375.49 km2 (3,233.79 sq mi),[5] the province had a population density of 99.0/km2 (256/sq mi).

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Lugar que ocupa el territorio según la superficie y la población" (PDF). Una MIRADA a Cuba (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas. Cuba. 2010.
  2. ↑ The Independent. At home with Castro: Cuba's 'maximum chief'
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-10-02.
  4. ↑ Statoids (July 2003). "Municipios of Cuba". Retrieved 2007-10-06.
  5. ↑ Government of Cuba (2002). "Population by Province" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-10-02.

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