Birán

Birán
Village
Location of Birán in Cuba
Coordinates: 20°31′48″N 75°53′44″W
Country	Cuba
Province	Holguín
Municipality	Cueto
Elevation	66 m (217 ft)
Time zone	UTC-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

• Nicaro-Levisa
• Guatemala (village)

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