Cabañas, Cuba

Cabañas
Village
The church of Cabañas
Location of Cabañas in Cuba
Coordinates: 22°58′39.72″N 82°55′20.78″W
Country	Cuba
Province	Artemisa
Municipality	Mariel
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
Area code	+53-7

Cabañas is a village and consejo popular of the municipality of Mariel, in the Artemisa Province, on the northeast coast in western Cuba.

History

Prior to 1970 was a municipality of Pinar del Río Province. Cabañas bay is a harbor with industrial and fishing facilities, with an important base of the Cuban Navy.^[1]

From November to December 1958, the town was the site of a massacre by anti-communist forces during the Cuban Revolution. Authorities began by killing two farmers who they thought were connected to an earlier guerilla attack on Government bases. The soldiers are reported to have killed dozens of suspected communists and witnesses until December. The Havana Times recorded the names of twelve people who died during the massacre.^[2][3]

Geography

Located in the western corner of the Cabañas Bay [ceb], by the Atlantic Ocean, Cabañas lies between Mariel (21 km or 13 mi west) and Bahía Honda (30 km or 19 mi east), and is crossed in the middle by the state highway "Circuito Norte" (CN). It is 26 km (16 mi) from Guanajay, 34 km (21 mi) from Artemisa and 67 km (42 mi) from Havana city center.

See also

• Municipalities of Cuba
• List of cities in Cuba

References

1. Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 192. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 1997. ISBN 0-87779-546-0.
2. "Massacres during Batista's Dictatorship". Havana Times. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
3. "Vida y obra de Pastor Valente: un ejemplo a tener en cuenta en nuestras". www.eumed.net. Retrieved 16 February 2022.

External links

Media related to Cabañas at Wikimedia Commons