Manzanillo (Cuba)

Location of Manzanillo in Cuba

Manzanillo is a city in eastern Cuba in the Granma Province .

The municipality covers an area of ​​542.5 km² with 129,257 inhabitants, 104,152 of them in the urban area (2012 census). It is located in the northwest on the Gulf of Guacanayabo and in the east at the foot of the Sierra Maestra .

Manzanillo cityscape

Manzanillo, Granma Province, Malecón

Daughters and sons of the city

Some of the personalities who were born in Manzanillo or who spent an important part of their life there include:

• Alfredo de Oro (1863–1948), billiards player and world champion
• Luis Enrique Aguilar (1926–2008), historian and journalist
• Bartolomé Masó (1830–1907), general in the Cuban War of Independence
• Tomás Estrada Palma (1835–1908), first President of the independent Republic of Cuba
• Manuel de Jesús Calvar (1837–1895), general in the Cuban War of Independence
• Blas Roca (1908–1987), leading politician of the Communist Party of Cuba
• Alberto Socarras (1908–1987), musician and arranger
• Carlos Puebla (1917–1989), musician and composer
• Julio Gutiérrez (1918–1990), composer, conductor and pianist
• Huber Matos (1918–2014), revolutionary and later political opponent of Fidel Castro
• Celia Sánchez (1920–1980), revolutionary at Fidel Castro's side
• Francis Mansour Zayek (1920–2010), Maronite Archbishop
• Laura Pollán (1948–2011), human rights activist of the Damas de Blanco
• Legna Verdecia (* 1972), judoka

Web links

• Sights and photos from Manzanillo

Coordinates: 20 ° 21 ′  N , 77 ° 7 ′  W