Birán
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
- ^ Dialing code of Birán Archived 2013-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 5904273
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Cueto on OpenStreetMap - ^ 1336109283 Birán on OpenStreetMap
- ^ Rosenberg, Eli (February 25, 2016). "Ramón Castro, Brother to Cuban Revolutionaries, Dies at 91". New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
- ^ Phillips, R. Hart (October 19, 1959). "Cuba Takes Land of Ramon Castro" (PDF). New York Times. p. 2. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
- ^ Mayarí on guije.com
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- Ángel Castro y Argiz (father)
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- Raúl Castro (brother)
- Juanita Castro (sister)
- Mirta Díaz-Balart (wife)
- Natalia Revuelta Clews (lover)
- Vilma Espín (sister-in-law)
- Alina Fernández (daughter)
- Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart (son)
- Mariela Castro (niece)
- Alejandro Castro Espín (nephew)
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