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Banes

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Banes

Banes is a municipality and city in the Holguín Province of Cuba. Banes was an important area for the native Taino people before the conquest by Columbus.

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Banes is a municipality and city in the Holguín Province of Cuba. Banes was an important area for the native Taino people before the conquest by Columbus.

Description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA.

Banes is a municipality in Holguín, Cuba. It is located at approximately 20.962°, -75.723°.

The story of this place

The town dates from 1887. Born here: Nancy McLeón, Cuban sprinter (b. 1971), Carmen Trustée, Cuban sprinter (b. 1948) and Gastón Baquero, Cuban writer (1914–1997). Died here: Julio González, American baseball player (1920–1991).

It sits within the province of Holguín.

The nearest recorded places in the atlas are Holguín (450 m to the east), Macabí (6 km to the south), Antilla (15 km to the south) and Deleite (19 km to the south-west).

It is associated with local culture, history and architecture.

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20.96170, -75.72290

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Sunrise
19:18
Sunset
12h 30m
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Emergency

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  • Ambulance / medicalRecent
    104
  • FireRecent
    105
  • Asistur (traveler assistance)Recent

    State travel-assistance service for visitors (medical, legal, financial help).

    +53 7 866 4499

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What's near Banes

Nearby places

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Mapped features nearby

Named places recorded in OpenStreetMap around this one, nearest first — distance shown for each.

Named places mapped nearby include Parque Cárdenas, Hanoi, Salón de reuniones, Museo Arqueológico Indocubano "Baní", José Martí, Vista Alegre, Reforma Urbana, Barrio Jiquí, Honduras, Nuevo Banes, El Negro, El Cedral, Durruthy, Las Marías, Ochoa and Retrete.

Parque Cárdenas · park
0.0 km
Hanoi · theatre
0.1 km
Salón de reuniones · theatre
0.3 km
Museo Arqueológico Indocubano "Baní" · museum
0.4 km
José Martí · memorial
0.4 km
Vista Alegre · neighbourhood
0.6 km
Reforma Urbana · neighbourhood
0.6 km
Barrio Jiquí · neighbourhood
0.8 km
Honduras · neighbourhood
0.9 km
Nuevo Banes · district
1.6 km
El Negro · hamlet
3.2 km
El Cedral · neighbourhood
4.9 km
Durruthy · hamlet
5.7 km
Las Marías · hamlet
7.0 km
Ochoa · hamlet
8.7 km
Retrete · village
10.9 km

Around Banes

357 named civic, cultural, natural and service places are mapped within about 15 km of Banes, across 32 categories. Open any category to see it on the map, centred on Banes.

What Banes makes

77 working sites mapped — energy, industry, mining, farming, fishing and ports.The whole economy →

⚡ Energy 1

Parque Solar Fotovoltaico Antilla

🏭 Industry 29

Acueducto y Alcantarillado · Almacén 623 · AT Comercial · Banes 110 kV · …

⛏️ Mining 3

Cantera · Cantera de rocoso azul Samá · Cantera Rocoso Azul Las Lajas

🌱 Farming 44

Cañaveral · Cañaveral · Cañaveral · Cañaveral · …

Industrial heritage

2 pre-1959 sites in and around Banes — sugar centrales, railways, mines and ports.The 1959 heritage map →

  • Central Boston (Banes)sugar
  • Port of Antilla (Bay of Nipe)port
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