Palma Soriano
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Palma Soriano is a municipality in the Santiago de Cuba Province
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...
of Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
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The municipality is divided into the localite of Alto Cedro, Caney del Sitio, Guaninao, José Martí, Juan Barón, La Concepción, Las Cuchillas, Los Dorados, Norte, Palmarito de Cauto, San Leandro, San Ramón, Santa Filomena and Sur.
The city of Palma Soriano is located on the banks of the upper Cauto River
Cauto River
The Cauto River or Río Cauto, located in southeast Cuba, is the longest river of Cuba.It flows on a total length of from the Sierra Maestra to the west and north-west, and enters the Caribbean Sea north of Manzanillo. However, it provides only of transport waterway...
. The city was founded in 1825, uniting ranches (haciendas) that stood in this area, and was the place where the body of José Martí
José Martí
José Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban national hero and an important figure in Latin American literature. In his short life he was a poet, an essayist, a journalist, a revolutionary philosopher, a translator, a professor, a publisher, and a political theorist. He was also a part of the Cuban...
(the leader of the Cuban independence movement, killed in 1895, in the Battle of Dos Ríos
Battle of Dos Ríos
The Battle of Dos Ríos was fought in Cuba during its war of independence from Spain.José Martí died fighting in the battle of Dos Ríos . He was leading a group of rebels against the Spanish royalist army in the first skirmish in Cuba's struggle for independence from Spain...
.) was brought before it was laid in its final resting place in Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city of Cuba and capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island, some south-east of the Cuban capital of Havana....
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Palma Soriano is the birth place of Latin Reggae singer Mey Vidal
Mey Vidal
Mey Vidal , in the city of Palma Soriano in the province of Santiago de Cuba. She is a Cuban Reggae en Español, Dance hall, and Reggaeton singer and composer. She was one of the first to represent the female genre in the Reggaeton movement.-External links:*...
, as well as Cuban baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
legend Orestes Kindelán
Orestes Kindelán
Orestes Kindelán Olivares is the most prolific home run hitter in the history of post-revolutionary Cuban baseball, well known as "El Cañon de Dos Rios" and one of the offensive stars of the Cuban national baseball team, which won numerous World Cups and two Olympic gold medals during his tenure...
and field and track athlete Ana Fidelia Quirot
Ana Fidelia Quirot
Ana Fidelia Quirot is a female athlete from Cuba, who specialised in the 800 m but was also successful over 400 m....
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