Birán is a village in Holguín Province of Cuba, hamlet and consejo popular of Cueto, best known as the birthplace of Ramón, Fidel, Raúl and Juanita Castro. Their father Ángel Castro y Argiz owned a plantation there.
History Until the 1976 municipal reform, the village was part of the neighboring municipality of Mayarí.Mayarí on guije.com
A farm in Birán was the birthplace of former Cuban revolutionary leaders Ramón Castro Ruz, Fidel Castro, Raúl Castro and their sister Juanita Castro.
Geography It is located south-west of Mayarí and south of Cueto, in the foothills of the Nipe Mountains (Sierra de Nipe).
See also Nicaro-Levisa Guatemala (village)
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