Siboney, Cuba

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Village in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Siboney

Village

Siboney

Location of Siboney in Cuba

Coordinates: 19°57′38.88″N 75°42′27.36″W﻿ / ﻿19.9608000°N 75.7076000°W﻿ / 19.9608000; -75.7076000
Country|  Cuba
Province| Santiago de Cuba
Municipality| Santiago de Cuba
Time zone| UTC-5 (EST)
Area code| +53-22

Siboney is a Cuban village[1] and consejo popular (i.e.: people's council) located in the east of the city of Santiago de Cuba and belonging to its municipality.

## Geography

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The village lies by the Caribbean Sea, near the road linking Santiago to Baconao, through the eastern coastal area of Santiago municipality.

## History

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US Army arriving in Siboney

Siboney was known in early modern literature as Altares or Ensenada de los Altares.[2]

In 1898 Siboney and the nearby village of Daiquirí were locations where American forces came ashore in the Spanish–American War. The World War I transport ship USS Siboney (ID-2999) was named for this town, as was the escort carrier USS Siboney (CVE-112).

Siboney was also the location of a farm where Fidel Castro and his men gathered shortly before the attack on the Moncada Barracks, which is widely regarded as the start of the Cuban Revolution.

## Personalities

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* Compay Segundo (1907–2003), musician

## See also

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* El Caney
* El Cobre
* Siboney (song)

## References

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1. ^ "Google Maps".
2. ^ See dedicated article at Ecured.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Siboney.

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area