Bayamo

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Municipality in Granma, Cuba

title: "Bayamo" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bayamo", "cities-in-cuba", "populated-places-in-granma-province", "populated-places-established-in-1513", "1510s-establishments-in-the-spanish-west-indies", "1510s-in-cuba", "1827-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire", "1820s-in-cuba"] description: "Municipality in Granma, Cuba" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayamo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Municipality in Granma, Cuba ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

FieldValue
official_nameBayamo
settlement_typeMunicipality
image_skylineBoulevard_of_Bayamo.jpg
imagesize250px
image_captionThe "Boulevard" of Bayamo
image_flagCéspedes flag.svg
image_sealCoat of arms of the city of Bayamo.svg
shield_size120x90px
image_mapBayamo (Cuban municipal map).png
map_captionBayamo municipality (red) in
Granma Province (yellow) and Cuba
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCuba
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Granma
leader_titlePresident
leader_nameReydier Bernal Gómez
established_titleEstablished
established_dateNovember 15, 1513
established_title2Incorporated
established_date21827 (city)
established_title3
area_footnotes
area_total_km2918
area_land_km2
population_as_of2022
population_footnotes
population_total236,826
population_urban169,209
population_rural67,617
population_density_km2auto
timezoneEST
utc_offset-5
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m55
postal_code_typePostal code
postal_code85100
area_code+53 23
registration_plateG
websitehttps://www.bayamo.gob.cu/es/
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Bayamo is the capital city of the Granma Province of Cuba and one of the largest cities in the Oriente region.

Overview

The community of Bayamo lies on a plain by the Bayamo River. It is affected by the violent Bayamo wind.

One of the most important education institutions in the province is the University of Granma.

History

Established in 1513, Bayamo was the second of seven cities founded by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar. Francisco Iznaga, a Basque landowner in the western portion of Cuba during the first 30 years of the colonization of Cuba, was elected mayor in 1540. Iznaga was the originator of a powerful lineage that finally settled in Trinidad, where the Torre Iznaga (Iznaga Tower) is. His descendants fought for the independence of Cuba, from 1820 to 1900.

During much of the 16th century it was one of the most important agricultural and commercial settlements of the island. Its inland situation gave it relative security against the pirates who infested West Indian seas, and the misfortunes of Santiago were the fortunes of Bayamo. Down the Cauto River, then open to the sea for vessels of 200 tons, and through Manzanillo, Bayamo drove a thriving contraband trade that made it the leading town of Cuba at the opening of the 17th century.

A tremendous flood, in 1616, choked the Cauto with trees and wrecked vessels, cutting it off from direct access to the sea; but through Manzanillo it continued a great clandestine traffic with Curaçao, Jamaica, and other foreign islands throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. Bayamo was then surrounded by fine plantations.

In 1827 it acquired the status of city. In the war of 1868–1878 it was an insurgent stronghold. One of the most desperate conflicts of the war was fought nearby, and it was nearly destroyed by the opposing parties.

Demographics

In 2022, the municipality of Bayamo had a population of 236,826. With a total area of 918 km2, it has a population density of 242.0 /km2. The urban population was 169,209.

Transportation

Bayamo is an under-developed municipality where most of the inhabitants get around on foot. Per a UN study only about 15% of the population relies on motorized transport and almost three times as many (39%) rely on about 500 licensed horse-drawn carriages generally following fixed routes. The rest of the non-pedestrian traffic is bicycle and bicycle taxi.

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Airport satisfies the city's commercial aviation needs; it has had service to Havana on Cubana Airlines.

Notable residents

References

References

  1. Guije.com. "Bayamo".
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  4. link. (2017-07-31 Iznaga Genealogy (IZNAGA - 1420 - Present), Retrieved 5 December 2012.)
  5. "Cuba: Administrative Division (Provinces and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  6. Statoids. (July 2003). "Municipios of Cuba".
  7. "Bayamo (Municipality, Cuba) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
  8. (2004-07-20). "Getting the carriages out, Cuban-style".
  9. "Bayamo, an unacknowledged leader in horse dependent/ ecological transport".

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