Jiguaní is a municipality and city in the Granma Province

Granma Province

Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Bayamo. Other towns include Manzanillo and Pilón.-History:...

 of Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

. It is located 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) east of 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 Bayamon River...

, the provincial capital.

The municipality is divided into the barrio

Barrio

Barrio is a Spanish word meaning district or neighborhood.-Usage:In its formal usage in English, barrios are generally considered cohesive places, sharing, for example, a church and traditions such as feast days...

s of Babiney, Baire, Bijagual, La Villa, Los Negros, Maffo, Rihito and Santa Rita.

The name "Jiguaní" is of Taíno

Taíno people

The Taínos were pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles. It is thought that the seafaring Taínos are relatives of the Arawak people of South America...

 origin, and means "height of the river". The town of Jiguaní was a stronghold and a starting point in the independence war

Cuban War of Independence

Cuban War of Independence was the last of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain, the other two being the Ten Years' War and the Little War...

 of 1895.

Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of Jiguaní had a population of 60,320. With a total area of 646 km² (249.4 sq mi), it has a population density of 93.4 /km2.