Birán is a village in
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.
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, hamlet and ''consejo popular'' of
Cueto, best known as the birthplace of
Ramón,
Fidel
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* Fidel Castro (1926–2016), Cuban communist revolutionary and politician
* Fidel Ramos (1928–2022), Filipino politician and former president
Fidel may also refer to:
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* Fidel (given name)
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Raúl Castro
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. Their father owned a 23,000 acre (93 km²) plantation there.
History
Until the 1976 municipal reform, the village was part of the neighboring municipality of
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 ...
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A farm in Birán was the birthplace of former Cuban revolutionary and leader Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 200 ...
.
Geography
It is located south-west of 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 ...
and south of Cueto, in the foothills of the Nipe Mountains (''Sierra de Nipe'').
See also
*Nicaro-Levisa
Nicaro-Levisa, also Levisa-Nicaro, is a Cuban town and ''consejo popular'' ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Mayarí, in Holguín Province, formed by the settlements of Nicaro and Levisa. With a population of about 20,000, i ...
*Guatemala
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(village)
References
Populated places in Holguín Province
Fidel Castro
Mayarí
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