Cabañas, Cuba
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History
Prior to 1970 was a municipality of Pinar del Río Province. Cabañas bay is a harbor with industrial and fishing facilities, with an important base of the Cuban Navy.[1]
From November to December 1958, the town was the site of a massacre by anti-communist forces during the Cuban Revolution. Authorities began by killing two farmers who they thought were connected to an earlier guerilla attack on Government bases. The soldiers are reported to have killed dozens of suspected communists and witnesses until December. The Havana Times recorded the names of twelve people who died during the massacre.[2][3]
Geography
Located in the western corner of the Template:Ill, by the Atlantic Ocean, Cabañas lies between Mariel (Template:Cvt west) and Bahía Honda (Template:Cvt east), and is crossed in the middle by the state highway "Circuito Norte" (CN). It is Template:Cvt from Guanajay, Template:Cvt from Artemisa and Template:Cvt from Havana city center.
See also
References
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- ↑ Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 192. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 1997. Template:ISBN.
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