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Gibara

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Gibara

Gibara is a town and municipality of the Province of Holguín in the Republic of Cuba. Gibara is the fourth largest town by population and the ninth by area in Holguín.

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Gibara is a town and municipality of the Province of Holguín in the Republic of Cuba. Gibara is the fourth largest town by population and the ninth by area in Holguín.

Description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA.

Gibara is a municipality in Holguín, Cuba. It is located at approximately 21.108°, -76.132°.

The story of this place

The town dates from 1817. Born here: Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban writer (1929–2005), Manuel Galbán, Cuban musician (1931–2011) and Juan José Martínez Casado, Cuban actor (1903–1987).

It sits within the province of Holguín.

The nearest recorded places in the atlas are La Caridad (9 km to the south), Floro Pérez (14 km to the south-west), Caletones (16 km to the north-west) and Santa Lucía (17 km to the south-east).

It is associated with local culture, history and architecture.

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21.10770, -76.13240

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19:20
Sunset
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Emergency

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    106
  • Ambulance / medicalRecent
    104
  • FireRecent
    105
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    State travel-assistance service for visitors (medical, legal, financial help).

    +53 7 866 4499

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What's near Gibara

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 Iglesia LPN, Playa Bayado, Terminal De Ómnibus Gibara, Mercado Agropecuario, Cueva de los Panaderos, La Ligera, La Caridad, La Vega de Yabazón, Candelaria Afuera, casa de osmel and Áreas deportivas de Ciencias Médicas.

Iglesia LPN · place of worship
0.2 km
Playa Bayado · beach
0.3 km
Terminal De Ómnibus Gibara · bus station
0.3 km
Mercado Agropecuario · market
0.4 km
Cueva de los Panaderos · cave
0.6 km
La Ligera · hamlet
5.6 km
La Caridad · village
8.6 km
La Vega de Yabazón · hamlet
9.3 km
Candelaria Afuera · hamlet
11.3 km
casa de osmel · place of worship
25.6 km
Áreas deportivas de Ciencias Médicas · sports centre
29.1 km

Around Gibara

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

🚬 Cuban craft & cuisine 1

Cuban cuisine & lechón 1

🌾 Farming & fishing 3

Farms & plantations 3

What Gibara makes

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

⚡ Energy 4

Parque Eólico de Gibara I · Parque Eólico de Gibara II · Parque Eólico Gibara · Parque Eólico Gibara

⛏️ Mining 2

Molino doscientos mil · Molino doscientos mil

🌱 Farming 1

Granja Avícola

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