Río Cauto (Municipio)

Río Cauto is a municipality in the Cuban province of Granma , located in the valley of the river of the same name .

Río Cauto has 47,600 inhabitants on an area of ​​1,505 km². In terms of area, it is the largest municipality in Granmas.

Agriculture is the largest branch of the economy in Río Cauto. A large proportion is the cultivation of sugar cane . Animal husbandry , fishing and rice cultivation are also of great importance.

Vado del Yeso on the Bayamo-Las Tunas road

Geographical location

Río Cauto is located in the northwest of the Granma province. In the north and northeast the municipality borders on the province of Las Tunas , in the south on the municipalities Yara and Bayamo , in the east on the municipality Cauto Cristo and in the west Río Cauto borders on the Gulf of Guanacayabo .

	Las Tunas
Gulf of Guacanayabo		Cauto Cristo
Yara		Bayamo

Web links

• Río Cauto @ www.turquino.com - el portal de Granma y Bayamo (Spanish)
• Río Cauto - Caracterización Joven Club de Computación y Electrónica of the Province of Granma (Spanish)

Coordinates: 20 ° 34 ′  N , 76 ° 55 ′  W