Nibujón

Nibujón is a Cuban village and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Baracoa, in Guantánamo Province. In 2011 it had a population of 3,135.[1]

Nibujón
Village
Taco Bay, located northwest of Nibujón
Location of Nibujón in Cuba
Coordinates: 20°30′28.5″N 74°39′06.1″W
Country Cuba
ProvinceGuantánamo
MunicipalityBaracoa
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total3,135
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
Area code(s)+53-21
Another view of Taco Bay

History

In origins, the village was a scarcely populated rural area, with a population of 1,968 in 1943.[2] that was organized and officially founded as consejo popular of Baracoa municipality, in 1992.[3]

Geography

Located on the Atlantic Coast, in the eastern edge of the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, Nibujón spans between two bays (Taco Bay to the north, and a little one to the south), along the "Circuito Norte" highway (CN). Nibujón River flows in the middle of the settlement, that counts two main beaches: Playa Pinca (north) and Playa Nibujón (south).[4]

The village lies between the towns of Moa (43 km north) and Baracoa (31 km south), and the nearest settlements to it are Yamanigüey (17 km north), Cayogüín (18 km south), and the small localities of Vega de Taco (3 km), Santa María (7 km) and Jaragua (8 km). Nibujón is also close to the Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa, a mountain range that occupies the provincial territories of Holguín and Guantánamo.

Nature

The natural environment surrounding Nibujón is one of the habitats of the Monte Iberia eleuth (Eleutherodactylus iberia), a Cuban endemic frog.

Personalities
  • Bienvenido Breffe Maceo (1938–1964), revolutionary[5]

See also

References
  1. (in Spanish) Nibujón on EcuRed
  2. Historical info about Baracoa and hamlets in 1940s (guije.com)
  3. (in Spanish) History of Nibujón (EcuRed)
  4. 2030501907 Nibujón on OpenStreetMap
  5. (in Spanish) Bienvenido Breffe Maceo (EcuRed)
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