🇨🇺 Mayarí is a municipality and town in the Holguín Province of Cuba.
History The origins of the city date back to 1757 in Spanish Cuba, when the first farms were established here by immigrant colonists. On 19 January 1879 the city became the seat of Mayarí Municipality.
Geography The municipality is divided into the barrios and hamlets of Barajagua, Cabonico, Cajimaya, Chavaleta Norte, Chavaleta Sur, Guayabo, Juan Vicente, Mateo Sánchez, Punta de Tabaco, Río Frío, Sae-Tía, San Gregario Norte, San Gregorio Sur and Santa Isabel. Birán, the birthplace of Fidel and Raúl Castro, was part of Mayarí until the 1976 reform, when it became part of the neighboring Cueto municipality.
Among other barrios or neighborhoods in this municipality are: Felton (on Cajimaya Bay, once the seaport for the Bethlehem Cuba Iron Mines Company -Bethlehem Steel-), Guaro, Guatemala (on Nipe Bay, previously named Preston and a central sugar mill operated by the United Fruit Company), Nicaro-Levisa (on Levisa Bay, originally named Lengua de Pajaro which translated into English means bird's tongue -as viewed from an air ride-), El Purio, Santa Rita, La Italiana, Mandinga. The last two being on the road to the open mines named Mina Martí where nickel and cobalt exploitation started in the beginnings of the twentieth century by Bethlehem Cuba Iron Mines Company (Bethlehem Steel) and Nicaro Nickel Company.
Tourist Industry The Sierra Cristal National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Sierra Cristal) is partly located in the Mayarí Municipality and partly in neighboring Sagua de Tánamo Municipality. Other attractions include Cayo Saetía, a scenic cay with beaches located within the municipality on the Bay of Nipe, north of the Mayarí city.
Mayarí has a population of over 105,500 people. Mayarí also forms part of the wider Holguín Province which has a population of over 1,037,161 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Mayarí has links with:
🇪🇸 Alcorcón, Spain🇲🇽 Guadalajara 20.677
🇲🇽 Tlaquepaque 20.639
🇲🇽 Playa del Carmen 20.628
🇲🇽 Zapotlanejo 20.625
🇲🇽 Puerto Vallarta 20.607
🇲🇽 Santiago de Queretaro 20.591
🇲🇽 Querétaro City 20.591
Locations Near: Mayarí -75.6667,20.65
🇨🇺 Holguín -76.25,20.883 d: 66
🇨🇺 Santiago de Cuba -75.821,20.025 d: 71.3
🇨🇺 Guantánamo -75.2,20.133 d: 75.3
🇨🇺 Bayamo -76.633,20.367 d: 105.5
🇨🇺 Camaguey -77.9,21.383 d: 245.7
🇭🇹 Jérémie -74.117,18.65 d: 275.3
🇯🇲 Port Antonio -76.45,18.167 d: 288.1
🇯🇲 Saint Ann Parish -77.259,18.323 d: 307.9
🇯🇲 Morant Bay -76.326,17.894 d: 314.2
Antipodal to: Mayarí 104.333,-20.65
🇮🇩 Cilacap 109,-7.733 d: 18493.7
🇮🇩 Singaparna 108.11,-7.35 d: 18481.3
🇮🇩 Tasikmalaya 108.198,-7.316 d: 18475.2
🇮🇩 Ciamis 108.333,-7.317 d: 18471.3
🇮🇩 Sukabumi 106.926,-6.921 d: 18463.2
🇮🇩 Kebumen 109.661,-7.671 d: 18462.3
🇮🇩 Purwokerto 109.23,-7.42 d: 18452.5
🇮🇩 Purworejo 110.03,-7.722 d: 18452.5