Birán

Birán
Village
Birán is located in Cuba
Birán
Location of Birán in Cuba
Coordinates: 20°31′48″N 75°53′44″W / 20.53000°N 75.89556°W / 20.53000; -75.89556
Country Cuba
ProvinceHolguín
MunicipalityCueto
Elevation
66 m (217 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
Area code+53-24[1]

Birán is a village in Holguín Province of Cuba, hamlet and consejo popular of Cueto,[2][3] best known as the birthplace of Ramón, Fidel, Raúl and Juanita Castro. Their father Ángel Castro y Argiz owned a 93-square-kilometre (36 sq mi) plantation there.[4][5]

History

Until the 1976 municipal reform, the village was part of the neighboring municipality of Mayarí.[6]

A farm in Birán was the birthplace of former Cuban revolutionary leaders Ramón Castro Ruz, Fidel Castro, Raúl Castro and their sister Juanita Castro.[citation needed]

Geography

It is located 30 kilometers (19 mi) south-west of Mayarí and 9 kilometers (5.6 mi) south of Cueto, in the foothills of the Nipe Mountains (Sierra de Nipe).

See also

References

  1. ^ Dialing code of Birán Archived 2013-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ 5904273 (x j a h) Cueto on OpenStreetMap
  3. ^ 1336109283 Birán on OpenStreetMap
  4. ^ Rosenberg, Eli (February 25, 2016). "Ramón Castro, Brother to Cuban Revolutionaries, Dies at 91". New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  5. ^ Phillips, R. Hart (October 19, 1959). "Cuba Takes Land of Ramon Castro" (PDF). New York Times. p. 2. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  6. ^ Mayarí on guije.com
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