Granma Geography
Province located in the southwest portion of Cuba’s eastern region. It has an [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Holguín History
By the port of Bariay, today within the limits of this province, the Great Admiral Christopher Columbus disembarked on October 1492, thus beginning, with the [...]
Holguín Geography
Province located in the northeast portion of Cuba’s eastern region with coasts to [...]
Las Tunas History
Several stories have been weaved around the founding of this province. Some speak of the arrival of Alonso de Ojeda to the aboriginal village of Cueybá after having wrecked in 1510. He wandered along the coastal marshland carrying an image of Virgin Mary that he rescued from the wreckage. The first village he encountered was [...]
Las Tunas Geography
Westernmost province in Cuba’s eastern region limiting north with Camagüey and the Atlantic [...]
Camagüey History
Named Santa María del Puerto Príncipe by the colonizers in 1515, Camagüey was one of the first villages [...]
Camagüey Geography
Province located to the eastern end of the central region of Cuba. It [...]
Ciego de Ávila History
Ciego de Ávila is located in a plain of approximately 6900 sq km (2664 sq mi) of extension. Cattle, sugar cane, and vegetable products [...]
Ciego de Ávila Geography
Province located in the central region of Cuba. It has an extension of [...]
Sancti Spíritus History
Sancti Spíritus was one of the first seven towns founded by Spanish conqueror Diego Velázquez in the island. After [...]
