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Birán | |
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Village | |
Location of Birán in
Cuba | |
Coordinates: 20°31′48″N 75°53′44″W / 20.53000°N 75.89556°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]
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]
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).