Uvero, also known as El Uvero, is a

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

n village and ''

consejo popular In Cuba, a consejo popular (; ; sometimes shortened to CP) is an electoral ward or political-administrative demarcation of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, compri ...

'' ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of

Guamá Guamá (died on June 6, 1533) was a Taíno rebel chief who led a rebellion against Spanish rule in Cuba in the 1530s. Legend states that Guamá was first warned about the Spanish conquistador by Hatuey, a Taíno cacique from the island of Hispa ...

, in

Santiago de Cuba Province Santiago de Cuba Province is the second most populated province in the island of Cuba. The largest city Santiago de Cuba is the main administrative center. Other large cities include Palma Soriano, Contramaestre, Cuba, Contramaestre, San Luis, Sa ...

. In 2011 it had a population of 2,581.

History

The toponym derives from the

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common name of some species of ''

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'', a genus of trees, found by Spanish explorers, at the entrance of the village, in the 18th century. On May 28, 1957, during the

Cuban Revolution The Cuban Revolution () was the military and political movement that overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, who had ruled Cuba from 1952 to 1959. The revolution began after the 1952 Cuban coup d'état, in which Batista overthrew ...

, the village was the site of a

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, between a

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of M-26-7 rebels, led by

Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President of Cuba, president ...

, and a

garrison A garrison is any body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it. The term now often applies to certain facilities that constitute a military base or fortified military headquarters. A garrison is usually in a city ...

of the Cuban Army.

Geography

Located by the

Caribbean Coast Tung Chung ( "Tung Chung River, eastern stream") is an area on the northwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. One of the most recent New towns of Hong Kong, new towns, it was formerly a rural fishing village beside Tung Chung Bay, and alon ...

, below the

Sierra Maestra The Sierra Maestra is a mountain range that runs westward across the south of the old Oriente Province in southeast Cuba, rising abruptly from the coast. The range falls mainly within the Santiago de Cuba and in Granma Provinces. Some view i ...

mountain range, Uvero spans along the "Carretera del Granma" highway (part of the

Circuito Sur de Oriente The ''Circuito Sur de Oriente'' (CSO), meaning "Southern Circuit of the Orient", is a west-east highway connecting Bayamo to Santiago de Cuba, through Manzanillo, Cuba, Manzanillo, Niquero and the southern Caribbean Sea, coastal side of easter ...

), between Chivirico (the municipal seat, 22 km east) and

Pilón Pilón is a Cuban musical form and a popular dance created in the 1950s. named for the town of Pilón, on the southern coast of Cuba. The rhythms of Pilón are based on the motions of pounding sugarcane. One unique aspect of the pilón is the u ...

(in

Granma Province Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Bayamo. Other towns include Manzanillo (a port on the Gulf of Guacanayabo) and Pilón. History The province takes its name from the yacht '' Granma'', used by Che Guevara and Fidel Castro ...

, 80 km west), in a sparsely populated coastal strip. The village, included in

Turquino National Park Turquino National Park, also known as Sierra Maestra National Park, is a national park in Santiago de Cuba Province, southeastern Cuba. Geography The park is located in the Sierra Maestra mountain range. It is west of Guamá, in Guamá Municip ...

's territory, is about 26 km east of

Pico Turquino Pico Turquino (), sometimes erroneously spelled as Pico Torquino, is the highest point in Cuba. It is located in the southeast part of the island, in the Sierra Maestra mountain range in the municipality of Guamá, Santiago de Cuba Province. It ...

, the highest Cuban peak. It is 74 km east of Marea del Portillo, 96 km west of

Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city in Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province. It lies in the southeastern area of the island, some southeast of the Cuban capital of Havana. The municipality extends over , and contains t ...

and 127 km east of

Niquero Niquero is a municipality and town in the Granma Province of Cuba and is the southernmost municipality in the country. It is located in the coastal region of the province, bordering the Gulf of Guacanayabo. Cape Cruz (''Cabo Cruz''), the westernm ...

. Nearest villages are, to the west, La Uvita (15 km) and Ocujal (23 km); to the east Guamá Abajo (18 km).

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{{commons category, Uvero Populated places in Santiago de Cuba Province Populated places established in the 18th century

History

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