Jiguani

Jiguani is a city and municipality in the Granma Province of Cuba. It is placed 25 kilometres east of Bayamo, the provincial capital. The municipality is divided into the barrios of Babiney, Baire, Bijagual, La Villa, Los Negros, Maffo, Rihito and Santa Rita. The call "Jiguaní" is of Taino foundation, and way "height of the river". The metropolis of Jiguaní changed into a stronghold and a starting point inside the independence conflict of 1895. The Cuban War of Independence turned into the last of 3 liberation wars that Cuba fought in opposition to Spain, the alternative two being the Ten Years' War and the Little War.

The final three months of the struggle escalated to emerge as the Spanish American War, with United States forces being deployed in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippine Islands against Spain. In 2004, the municipality of Jiguani had a populace of 60,320. With a complete region of 646 km2, it has a populace density of ninety three.4/km2.