Desembarco del Granma National Park
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| Desembarco del Granma National Park* | |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
| State Party |  Cuba |
| Type | Natural |
| Criteria | vii, viii |
| Reference | 889 |
| Region** | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 1999 (23rd Session) |
| * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. ** Region as classified by UNESCO. |
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| Desembarco del Granma National Park | |
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IUCN Category II (National Park)
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| Location | Cuba |
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| Coordinates | 19°53′00″N 77°38′00″W / 19.883333°N 77.633333°WCoordinates: 19°53′00″N 77°38′00″W / 19.883333°N 77.633333°W |
| Area | 261.80 km² |
| Established | 1986 |
Desembarco del Granma National Park is a national park in south-eastern Cuba, in what is now Granma Province. The park is named after 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.
[edit] See also
- Granma the revolutionaries' yacht that landed here.
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