- Desembarco del Granma National Park
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Desembarco del Granma National Park IUCN Category II (National Park)Location in Cuba Location Cuba Coordinates 19°53′00″N 77°38′00″W / 19.8833333°N 77.6333333°WCoordinates: 19°53′00″N 77°38′00″W / 19.8833333°N 77.6333333°W Area 261.80 km² Established 1986 Type: Natural Criteria: vii, viii Designated: 1999 (23rd session) Reference #: 889 State Party: Cuba Region: Latin America and the Caribbean Desembarco del Granma National Park is a national park in south-eastern Cuba, in what is now Granma Province. The park is named after 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.In 1999 it was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site because of its marine terraces and pristine sea cliffs.
See also
- Granma, the revolutionaries' yacht that landed here.
External links
Protected areas of Cuba National parks Alejandro de Humboldt · Caguanes · Ciénaga de Zapata · Desembarco del Granma · Guanahacabibes · Jardines de la Reina · Sierra Cristal · Turquino · ViñalesWorld Heritage Sites Alejandro de Humboldt · Camagüey · Cienfuegos · Desembarco del Granma · Old Havana · San Pedro de la Roca · South-East Coffee Plantations · Trinidad · Valley de los Ingenios · Viñales ValleyBiosphere Reserves World Heritage Sites in Cuba Alejandro de Humboldt National Park · Historic Centre of Camagüey · Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos · Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba · Desembarco del Granma National Park · Old Havana and its Fortifications · San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba · Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios · Viñales Valley
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