Desembarco del Granma National Park

Desembarco del Granma National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma) 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.

Desembarco del Granma National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
A waterfall in the national park
Location in Cuba
LocationCuba
Nearest cityNiquero
Coordinates19°53′00″N 77°38′00″W
Area261.80 km²
Established1986
TypeNatural
Criteriavii, viii
Designated1999 (23rd session)
Reference no.889
State PartyCuba
RegionLatin America and the Caribbean

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

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