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Desembarco del Granma National Park

Coordinates: 19°53′00″N 77°38′00″W / 19.88333°N 77.63333°W / 19.88333; -77.63333
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Desembarco del Granma National Park
A waterfall in the national park
Map showing the location of Desembarco del Granma National Park
Map showing the location of Desembarco del Granma National Park
Location in Cuba
LocationCuba
Nearest cityNiquero
Coordinates19°53′00″N 77°38′00″W / 19.88333°N 77.63333°W / 19.88333; -77.63333
Area261.80 km²
Established1986
TypeNatural
Criteriavii, viii
Designated1999 (23rd session)
Reference no.889
State PartyCuba
RegionLatin America and the Caribbean

Desembarco del Granma National Park (Template:Lang-es) is a national park in south-eastern Cuba, in what is now Granma Province. The name of the park means "Landing of the Granma" and refers to the yacht in which Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Raúl Castro, and 79 of their supporters sailed from Mexico to Cuba in 1956 and incited the Cuban Revolution.

It was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site because of its uplifted marine terraces and pristine sea cliffs.

See also

  • Niquero, the municipality in which the national park is located.
  • Granma, the revolutionaries' yacht that landed here.

References

Media related to Desembarco del Granma National Park at Wikimedia Commons