Yara (Cuba)

Yara
Coordinates: 20 ° 17 ′  N , 76 ° 57 ′  W Yara​ Yara on the map of Cuba
Basic data
Country	Cuba
province	Granma
City foundation	1912
Residents	57,190  (2012)
Detailed data
surface	576 km 2
Population density	102.1 inhabitants / km 2
Time zone	UTC -5
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Yara is a small town and a municipality in the Granma Province in eastern Cuba . It is about halfway between the cities of Manzanillo and Bayamo on the Gulf of Guacanayabo . The word Yara means something like "place" in the language of the Taínos , the indigenous people of Cuba.

Yara became a Municipio in 1912, comparable to a German municipality , when it was split off from the Municipio Manzanillo. It is divided into the boroughs of Yara, Yara Arriba, Coco, Caboa, Cabagán, Calambrosio and Canabacoa.

The place is famous for the so-called reputation of Yara , when the large landowner Carlos Manuel de Céspedes called on the fight against the colonial power of Spain and released all his slaves. This is also said to be the place where the Taíno chief Hatuey, who was fighting against the Spanish conquistadors , was killed at the stake in 1513.

Demographic data

In 2012, 57,190 people lived in the Municipio of Yara. It has an extension of 576 km² and a population density of 102.1 inhabitants per km².

Sons and daughters of this city

• Bartolomé Masó (1830-1907); Activist for Cuban independence and President of the Republic in Arms
• Huber Matos (1918-2014); former commander in the Cuban Revolution and later dissident
• Leopoldo Cintra Frías (* 1941); Politician

See also

• Call from Yara

Individual evidence

1. ↑ United Confederation of Taíno People: Taíno Dictionary ( Spanish ) Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved October 18, 2007.
2. ↑ Guije.com: Yara . Retrieved October 6, 2007.
3. ↑ Census 2012 (PDF; 257 kB) , ONE