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Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba
Provinces of Cuba

Administrative division, Cuba is divided into fourteen provinces and one special municipality....
. Its capital is Bayamo
Bayamo

Bayamo is the capital city of the Granma Province of Cuba, and one of the largest cities in the Oriente region.The community of Bayamo lies on a plain by the Bayamo River....
. Other towns include Manzanillo
Manzanillo, Cuba

Manzanillo is a municipality and city in the Granma Province of Cuba.It is a port city in the Granma Province in eastern Cuba on the Gulf of Guacanayabo, near the River delta of the Cauto River....
 (a port on the Gulf of Guacanayabo
Gulf of Guacanayabo

The Gulf of Guacanayabo is a Headlands and bays along the southern coast of Cuba, bordered by Granma Province and Las Tunas Province provinces....
) and Pilón
Pilón

Pil?n is a Music of Cuba form and a popular dance created in the 1950s, its creation is often attributed to bandleader and singer Pacho Alonso. The rhythms of Pil?n are based on the motions of pounding sugarcane....
.

province was named after the yacht Granma
Granma (yacht)

Granma is the yacht that was used to transport the fighters of the Cuban Revolution from Mexico to Cuba in 1956 for the purpose of overthrowing the regime of Fulgencio Batista....
, used by Che Guevara
Che Guevara

Ernesto "Che" Guevara , commonly known as Che Guevara, El Che, or simply Che, was an Argentina Marxism revolutionary, politician, author, physician, military theorist, and guerrilla leader....
 and Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from February 1959 to December 1976 and then president, premier until his resignation from the office in February 2008....
 to land in Cuba
Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
 with 82 guerrillas
Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is the Irregular warfare warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile Military tactics to combat a larger and less mobile formal army....
 in 1956. The American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 who sold them the secondhand yacht in Mexico apparently had named it after his grandmother and so the name of this vessel, with its non-standard spelling, became an icon for Cuban communism.

The province is full of reminders of the Cuban Revolution
Cuban Revolution

The Cuban Revolution was a revolution that led to the overthrow of the Dictator government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista on January 1, 1959 by the 26th of July movement and other revolutionary organizations....
, and the Cuban Wars of Independence, plaque
Commemorative plaque

A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, typically attached to a wall, stone, or other vertical surface, and bearing text in memory of an important figure or event....
s in the mountain
Mountain

A mountain is a landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill....
 commemorating the 1959 struggle against Fulgencio Batista
Fulgencio Batista

Fulgencio Batista y Zald?var was a Cuban military officer, dictator and politician.Batista was the military leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1940 and President of Cuba from 1940 to 1944....
.






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Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba
Provinces of Cuba

Administrative division, Cuba is divided into fourteen provinces and one special municipality....
. Its capital is Bayamo
Bayamo

Bayamo is the capital city of the Granma Province of Cuba, and one of the largest cities in the Oriente region.The community of Bayamo lies on a plain by the Bayamo River....
. Other towns include Manzanillo
Manzanillo, Cuba

Manzanillo is a municipality and city in the Granma Province of Cuba.It is a port city in the Granma Province in eastern Cuba on the Gulf of Guacanayabo, near the River delta of the Cauto River....
 (a port on the Gulf of Guacanayabo
Gulf of Guacanayabo

The Gulf of Guacanayabo is a Headlands and bays along the southern coast of Cuba, bordered by Granma Province and Las Tunas Province provinces....
) and Pilón
Pilón

Pil?n is a Music of Cuba form and a popular dance created in the 1950s, its creation is often attributed to bandleader and singer Pacho Alonso. The rhythms of Pil?n are based on the motions of pounding sugarcane....
.

History

The province was named after the yacht Granma
Granma (yacht)

Granma is the yacht that was used to transport the fighters of the Cuban Revolution from Mexico to Cuba in 1956 for the purpose of overthrowing the regime of Fulgencio Batista....
, used by Che Guevara
Che Guevara

Ernesto "Che" Guevara , commonly known as Che Guevara, El Che, or simply Che, was an Argentina Marxism revolutionary, politician, author, physician, military theorist, and guerrilla leader....
 and Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from February 1959 to December 1976 and then president, premier until his resignation from the office in February 2008....
 to land in Cuba
Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
 with 82 guerrillas
Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is the Irregular warfare warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile Military tactics to combat a larger and less mobile formal army....
 in 1956. The American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 who sold them the secondhand yacht in Mexico apparently had named it after his grandmother and so the name of this vessel, with its non-standard spelling, became an icon for Cuban communism.

The province is full of reminders of the Cuban Revolution
Cuban Revolution

The Cuban Revolution was a revolution that led to the overthrow of the Dictator government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista on January 1, 1959 by the 26th of July movement and other revolutionary organizations....
, and the Cuban Wars of Independence, plaque
Commemorative plaque

A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, typically attached to a wall, stone, or other vertical surface, and bearing text in memory of an important figure or event....
s in the mountain
Mountain

A mountain is a landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill....
 commemorating the 1959 struggle against Fulgencio Batista
Fulgencio Batista

Fulgencio Batista y Zald?var was a Cuban military officer, dictator and politician.Batista was the military leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1940 and President of Cuba from 1940 to 1944....
. Also unmarked, although there are archaeological "digs", one can find the sites of the various palenque
Quilombo

A quilombo is a Brazilian hinterland town founded by people of Afro-Brazilian, Quilombolas, or Maroon . Most of the inhabitants of quilombos were escaped former slaves and, in some cases, a minority of marginalised Portugal, Indigenous peoples in Brazil, Jews and Arabs, and/or other non-black, non-slave Brazilians that faced oppressi...
s, the fortified hamlets held of escaped slaves. Recently a hurricane destroyed the site of Castro's headquarters at La Plata. There are numerous abandoned gold
Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal, having been used as money, as a store of value, in jewelry, in sculpture, and for ornamentation since the beginning of recorded history....
, silver
Silver

Silver is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal....
, and manganese
Manganese

Manganese is a chemical element, designated by the symbol Mn. It has the atomic number 25. It is found as a Oxidation state in nature , and in many minerals....
 mine sites.

Economy

The main source of revenue comes from Coffee
Coffee

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, of the Coffea. Caffeinated coffee has a stimulating effect in humans....
 that is grown in the mountainous regions of the province, and during the coffee harvest, there may be roadblocks, where soldiers ensure that the coffee is delivered to the government and not the black market.

Municipalities

Municipality
Municipalities of Cuba

The Provinces of Cuba of Cuba are divided into 169 municipality or municipios. The were defined by Cuban Law Number 1304 of July 3, 1976....
Population
(2004)		Area
(km²)		LocationRemarks
Bartolomé Masó
Bartolomé Masó, Cuba

Bartolom? Mas? is a municipality and city in the Granma Province of Cuba....
 
Bayamo Provincial capital
Buey Arriba
Buey Arriba, Cuba

Buey Arriba is a municipality and town in the Granma Province of Cuba. It is located south of Bayamo, the provincial capital....
 
Campechuela 
Cauto Cristo
Cauto Cristo, Cuba

Cauto Cristo is a municipality and city in the Granma Province of Cuba. It is located on the banks of the R?o Cauto, in the western part of the province, bordering the province of Holguin Province....
 
Guisa
Guisa, Cuba

Guisa is a municipality and city in the Granma Province of Cuba. It is located south-east of Bayamo, the provincial capital.Demographics...
 
Jiguaní 
Manzanillo
Manzanillo, Cuba

Manzanillo is a municipality and city in the Granma Province of Cuba.It is a port city in the Granma Province in eastern Cuba on the Gulf of Guacanayabo, near the River delta of the Cauto River....
 
Media Luna
Media Luna, Cuba

Media Luna is a municipality and city in the Granma Province of Cuba. It is located on the coastal region of the province, bordering the Gulf of Guacanayabo, between Niquero, Cuba and Campechuela, Cuba....
 
Niquero
Niquero, Cuba

Niquero is a municipality and city in the Granma Province of Cuba. It is located in the coastal region of the province, bordering the Gulf of Guacanayabo....
 
Pilón
Pilón, Cuba

Pil?n is a municipality and city in the Granma Province of Cuba. It is located on the southern coast of Cuba, in an inlet of the Caribbean Sea....
 
Río Cauto
Río Cauto, Cuba

R?o Cauto is a municipality and city in the Granma Province of Cuba. It is located in the northern part of the province, upstream of the mouth of Cauto River....
 
Yara
Yara, Cuba

Yara is a small town and municipality in the Granma Province of Cuba, located halfway between the cities of Bayamo and Manzanillo, Cuba, in the Gulf of Guacanayabo....
 
Source: Population from 2004 Census. Area from 1976 municipal re-distribution.

Demographics

In 2004, the province of Granma had a population of 829,333. With a total area of , the province had a population density of .

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