Cueto is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
and
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in the
Holguín Province
Holguín () is one of the provinces of Cuba, the third most populous after Havana and Santiago de Cuba. It lies in the southeast of the country. Its major cities include Holguín (the capital), Banes, Antilla, Mayarí, and Moa.
The province ha ...
of
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
.
Geography
The municipality is located southwest of its province, next to the border with
Santiago de Cuba Province
Santiago de Cuba Province is the second most populated province in the island of Cuba. The largest city Santiago de Cuba is the main administrative center. Other large cities include Palma Soriano, Contramaestre, San Luis and Songo-la Maya.
Hi ...
. It borders with the municipalities of
Báguanos
Báguanos () is a municipality and town in the Holguín Province of Cuba.
Geography
Located in the middle of the province, Báguanos is far from Holguín and from Banes. The municipal territory includes several villages: the most populated one ...
,
Mayarí
Mayarí is a municipality and town in the Holguín Province of Cuba.
History
The origins of the city date back to 1757 in Spanish Cuba, when the first farms were established here by immigrant colonists. On 19 January 1879 the city became the s ...
,
Mella and
Urbano Noris
Urbano Noris is a municipality and city in the Holguín Province of Cuba. The municipal seat is located in the town of San Germán.
Geography
The municipality is located southeast of the province, neighboring the provinces of Granma and Santiag ...
(San Germán). In addition to Cueto itself, the municipal territory includes the villages of Alto Cedro, Barajagua,
Birán
Birán is a village in Holguín Province of Cuba, hamlet and ''consejo popular'' of Cueto, best known as the birthplace of Ramón, Fidel, and Raúl Castro. Their father owned a 23,000 acre (93 km²) plantation there.
History
Until the 197 ...
,
Marcané, and other minor localities.
Birán, best known as the birthplace of
Fidel
Fidel most commonly refers to:
* Fidel Castro (1926–2016), Cuban communist revolutionary and politician
* Fidel Ramos (1928–2022), Filipino politician and former president
Fidel may also refer to:
Other persons
* Fidel (given name)
Film
* ...
,
Raúl
Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul.
Raul, Raúl or Raül may re ...
and
Ramón Castro, was part of the neighboring municipality of Mayarí until the 1976 reform.
Demographics
In 2018, the municipality of Cueto had a population of 31,552, of which 16,308 were men and 15,244 were women
With a total area of ,
it has a population density of . The town of Cueto, as of the 2017 census, had a registered population of 15,111 living in just over 11,000 homes.
Popular culture
The name of the town, along with its municipal villages of Alto Cedro and Marcané, figures in the song "''Chan Chan''" composed in 1984 and released in 1996 ("De Alto Cedro voy para Marcané, llego a Cueto voy para Mayarí") by
Compay Segundo
Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles (18 November 1907 – 13 July 2003), known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer.
Biography
Compay (meaning ''compadre'') Segundo, so called because he w ...
, and in his song from the
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club is an ensemble of Cuban musicians established in 1996. The project was organized by World Circuit executive Nick Gold, produced by American guitarist Ry Cooder and directed by Juan de Marcos González. They named the g ...
.
The same line is repeated in a chorus of the 2011 song "''Buena''" song by a Polish band
Blue Cafe.
See also
*
List of cities in Cuba
This is a list of cities in Cuba with at least 20,000 inhabitants, listed in descending order. Population data refers to city proper and not to the whole municipality, because they include large rural areas with several villages. All figu ...
References
External links
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Cueto, Cuba
Cueto is a municipality and town in the Holguín Province of Cuba.
Geography
The municipality is located southwest of its province, next to the border with Santiago de Cuba Province. It borders with the municipalities of Báguanos, Mayarí, Mella ...
Populated places in Holguín Province
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