El Caney | |
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Village | |
Location of El Caney in
Cuba | |
Coordinates: 20°03′21″N 75°46′00″W / 20.05583°N 75.76667°W | |
Country | Cuba |
Province | Santiago de Cuba |
Municipality | Santiago de Cuba |
Time zone | UTC-5 ( EST) |
Area code | +53-22 |
El Caney (also Caney) is a small village six kilometers (four miles) to the northeast of Santiago, Cuba. "Caney" means longhouse in Taíno. [1]
It was known in centuries past as the site where Hernán Cortés received a vision supposedly ordering him to Christianize Mexico. The settlement was host to the Battle of El Caney on 1 July 1898.