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Yara

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Yara

Yara is a municipality in Granma, Cuba. It is located at approximately 20.2767°, -76.9469°. Yara means "place" in the Taíno language.

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Overview

Yara is a small town and municipality in the Granma Province of Cuba, located halfway between the cities of Bayamo and Manzanillo, in the Gulf of Guacanayabo. Yara means "place" in the Taíno language.

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Yara is a municipality in Granma, Cuba. It is located at approximately 20.2767°, -76.9469°.

The story of this place

The town dates from 1912. Born here: Yoelkis Céspedes, Cuban baseball player (b. 1997) and Lázaro Blanco, baseball player (b. 1986).

In a straight line it lies 33.9 km from its provincial capital, 642.6 km from Havana and 14.7 km from the nearest airport with scheduled flights. Wikidata records a population of 59,415, an area of 576,000,000 km², an elevation of 30 m, a founding date of 1912.

The nearest recorded places in the atlas are Bartolomé Masó (12.0 km to the south), Arroyo Prieto (16.5 km to the south-east), Manzanillo (18.3 km to the north-west), Buey Arriba (23.6 km to the south-east), Fernando Echenique (30.8 km to the north) and Peladas de San Juan (14.9 km to the south).

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20.27670, -76.94690

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    +53 7 866 4499

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What's near Yara

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 Monumento al indio Hatuey, La Cuchilla, La Curva, El Coco, Pollán, San Lucas, José Martí, Sofía, Candonga, Santa Rita, La Ceba, Punta Isleña, Lauten, Macuto 1, La Herradura, Macuto, Repelón, Buey de Gallego, Ravelo, El Caimito, La Candelaria, La Jagua and Cabezada.

Monumento al indio Hatuey · monument
0.8 km
La Cuchilla · hamlet
2.0 km
La Curva · hamlet
2.5 km
El Coco · hamlet
2.5 km
Pollán · hamlet
2.8 km
San Lucas · hamlet
3.0 km
José Martí · village
3.9 km
Sofía · village
4.2 km
Candonga · hamlet
4.3 km
Santa Rita · hamlet
5.1 km
La Ceba · neighbourhood
5.3 km
Punta Isleña · hamlet
5.5 km
Lauten · neighbourhood
7.0 km
Macuto 1 · hamlet
7.3 km
La Herradura · hamlet
7.3 km
Macuto · hamlet
7.6 km
Repelón · hamlet
8.4 km
Buey de Gallego · village
9.3 km
Ravelo · hamlet
9.7 km
El Caimito · hamlet
10.2 km
La Candelaria · hamlet
11.2 km
La Jagua · hamlet
11.7 km
Cabezada · hamlet
11.9 km

Around Yara

108 named civic, cultural, natural and service places are mapped within about 15 km of Yara, across 25 categories. Open any category to see it on the map, centred on Yara.

🚬 Cuban craft & cuisine 1

Cuban cuisine & lechón 1

⛰️ Nature & terrain 2

Peaks & volcanoes 2

🏭 Industry & resources 7

Factories & works 7

What Yara makes

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

⚡ Energy 1

Parque Solar Fotovoltaico Yara

🏭 Industry 6

Central Azucarero Bartolomé Masó · Fábrica de Acumuladores · Fábrica de Conservas Yara · Planta de Beneficio de Café y Cacao Bartolomé Masó · …

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