Granma Province
Granma Province | |
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Oriental Province of Granma | |
EST) | |
Area code | +53-023 |
HDI (2019) | 0.756[2] high · 15th of 16 |
Website | https://www.degranma.gob.cu/es/ |
Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Bayamo. Other towns include Manzanillo (a port on the Gulf of Guacanayabo) and Pilón.
History
The province takes its name from the yacht
The province is full of reminders of the
At the 2018 parliamentary election, Granma was the province with the highest proportion of votes recorded for the full list.[4]
On 12 April 2020, Veguitas, a town in Gramna Province, recorded a temperature of 39.7 °C (103.5 °F). This is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Cuba.[5]
Economy
The majority of the revenue comes from coffee grown in the mountainous regions of the province. During the coffee harvest soldiers may set up roadblocks to ensure the delivery of the coffee to the government and not to the black market.[citation needed]
Municipalities
Municipality | Population (2004) |
Area (km2) |
Location | Remarks |
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Bartolomé Masó | 53,024 | 629 | 20°10′7″N 76°56′33″W / 20.16861°N 76.94250°W | |
Bayamo |
222,118 | 918 | 20°22′54″N 76°38′33″W / 20.38167°N 76.64250°W | Provincial capital |
Buey Arriba |
31,327 | 452 | 20°10′25″N 76°44′57″W / 20.17361°N 76.74917°W | |
Campechuela |
46,092 | 577 | 20°14′0″N 77°16′44″W / 20.23333°N 77.27889°W | |
Cauto Cristo |
21,159 | 550 | 20°33′44″N 76°28′10″W / 20.56222°N 76.46944°W | |
Guisa |
50,923 | 596 | 20°15′40″N 76°32′17″W / 20.26111°N 76.53806°W | |
Jiguaní | 60,320 | 646 | 20°22′24″N 76°25′20″W / 20.37333°N 76.42222°W | |
Manzanillo | 130,789 | 498 | 20°20′23″N 77°06′31″W / 20.33972°N 77.10861°W | |
Media Luna | 35,330 | 376 | 20°08′40″N 77°26′10″W / 20.14444°N 77.43611°W | |
Niquero |
41,252 | 582 | 20°02′50″N 77°34′41″W / 20.04722°N 77.57806°W | |
Pilón | 29,751 | 462 | 19°54′20″N 77°19′15″W / 19.90556°N 77.32083°W | |
Río Cauto | 47,833 | 1,500 | 20°33′50″N 76°55′2″W / 20.56389°N 76.91722°W | |
Yara | 59,415 | 576 | 20°16′37″N 76°56′49″W / 20.27694°N 76.94694°W |
Source: Population from 2004 Census.[6] Area from 1976 municipal re-distribution.[7]
Demographics
In 2004, the province of Granma had a population of 829,333.[6] With a total area of 8,375.49 km2 (3,233.79 sq mi),[8] the province had a population density of 99.0/km2 (256/sq mi).
See also
References
- ^ a b "Lugar que ocupa el territorio según la superficie y la población" (PDF). Una MIRADA a Cuba (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas. Cuba. 2010.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
- ^ The Independent. At home with Castro: Cuba's 'maximum chief' Archived 2006-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.granma.cu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "State of the Global Climate 2020". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ a b Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-10-02.
- ^ Statoids (July 2003). "Municipios of Cuba". Retrieved 2007-10-06.
- ^ Government of Cuba (2002). "Population by Province" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-10-02.
External links
- (in Spanish) Granma Portal