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Granma Province

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Granma Province
ProvinceofCuba
Oriental Province of Granma
Coat of arms of Granma Province
Coat of arms
CountryCuba
CapitalBayamo
Government
• Vice-PresidentYanetsy Terry Gutiérrez
Area
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• Total8,376.79 km2(3,234.30 sq mi)
Population
(2014)[1]
• Total1,001,678
• Density120/km2(310/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Granmanese, -a
Time zoneUTC-5(EST)
Area code+53-023
HDI(2019)0.756[2]
high·15th of 16
Websitehttps://www.degranma.gob.cu/es/

Granmais one of theprovinces of Cuba.Its capital isBayamo.Other towns includeManzanillo(a port on theGulf of Guacanayabo) andPilón.

History

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The province takes its name from the yachtGranma,used byChe GuevaraandFidel Castroto land inCubawith 82guerrillason December 2, 1956; until 1976 the area formed part of the largerOriente Province.TheAmericanwho 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.[3] The name of the vessel became an icon for Cuban communism.

The province is full of reminders of theCuban Revolution,and of the Cuban Wars of Independence;plaquesin themountaincommemorate the 1959 struggle againstFulgencio Batista.Other sites, unmarked, includearchaeological digs,the sites of severalpalenques,and the fortified hamlets of escaped slaves. In 2005Hurricane Dennisdestroyed the site of Castro's headquarters atLa Plata.There are numerous abandonedgold,silver,andmanganesemine sites.

At the2018 parliamentary election,Granma was the province with the highest proportion of votes recorded for the full list.[4]

On 12 April 2020, Veguitas, a town in Gramna Province, recorded a temperature of 39.7 °C (103.5 °F). This is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Cuba.[5]

Economy

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The majority of the revenue comes fromcoffeegrown 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 theblack market.[citation needed]

Municipalities

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Municipality Population
(2004)		 Area
(km2)		 Location Remarks
Bartolomé Masó 53,024 629 20°10′7″N76°56′33″W/ 20.16861°N 76.94250°W/20.16861; -76.94250(Bartolomé Masó)
Bayamo 222,118 918 20°22′54″N76°38′33″W/ 20.38167°N 76.64250°W/20.38167; -76.64250(Bayamo) Provincial capital
Buey Arriba 31,327 452 20°10′25″N76°44′57″W/ 20.17361°N 76.74917°W/20.17361; -76.74917(Buey Arriba)
Campechuela 46,092 577 20°14′0″N77°16′44″W/ 20.23333°N 77.27889°W/20.23333; -77.27889(Campechuela)
Cauto Cristo 21,159 550 20°33′44″N76°28′10″W/ 20.56222°N 76.46944°W/20.56222; -76.46944(Cauto Cristo)
Guisa 50,923 596 20°15′40″N76°32′17″W/ 20.26111°N 76.53806°W/20.26111; -76.53806(Guisa)
Jiguaní 60,320 646 20°22′24″N76°25′20″W/ 20.37333°N 76.42222°W/20.37333; -76.42222(Xiguaní)
Manzanillo 130,789 498 20°20′23″N77°06′31″W/ 20.33972°N 77.10861°W/20.33972; -77.10861(Manzanillo)
Media Luna 35,330 376 20°08′40″N77°26′10″W/ 20.14444°N 77.43611°W/20.14444; -77.43611(Media Luna)
Niquero 41,252 582 20°02′50″N77°34′41″W/ 20.04722°N 77.57806°W/20.04722; -77.57806(Niquero)
Pilón 29,751 462 19°54′20″N77°19′15″W/ 19.90556°N 77.32083°W/19.90556; -77.32083(Pilón)
Río Cauto 47,833 1,500 20°33′50″N76°55′2″W/ 20.56389°N 76.91722°W/20.56389; -76.91722(Río Cauto)
Yara 59,415 576 20°16′37″N76°56′49″W/ 20.27694°N 76.94694°W/20.27694; -76.94694(Yara)
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Source: Population from 2004 Census.[6]Area from 1976 municipal re-distribution.[7]

Demographics

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In 2004, the province of Granma had a population of 829,333.[6]With a total area of 8,375.49 km2(3,233.79 sq mi),[8]the province had a population density of 99.0/km2(256/sq mi).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ab"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. ^"Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab".hdi.globaldatalab.org.Retrieved2022-01-24.
  3. ^ The Independent.At home with Castro: Cuba's 'maximum chief'Archived2006-08-21 at theWayback Machine
  4. ^"Archived copy"(PDF).www.granma.cu.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 18 April 2018.Retrieved11 January2022.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^"State of the Global Climate 2020".World Meteorological Organization.Retrieved5 November2021.
  6. ^abAtenas.cu (2004)."2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality"(in Spanish). Archived fromthe originalon 2007-09-27.Retrieved2007-10-02.
  7. ^Statoids (July 2003)."Municipios of Cuba".Retrieved2007-10-06.
  8. ^Government of Cuba (2002)."Population by Province"(in Spanish).Retrieved2007-10-02.
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