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.[1] Some view it as a series of connecting ranges (Vela, Santa Catalina, Quemado Grande, Daña Mariana),[2] which join with others to the west.[3][4][5][6][7] At 1,974 m (6,476 ft), Pico Turquino is the range's – and the country's – highest point. The area is rich in minerals, especially copper, manganese, chromium, and iron.
Sierra Maestra
Sierra Maestra near the border of Granma and Santiago de Cuba provinces.
The Sierra Maestra has a long history of guerrilla warfare, starting with the resistance of the Taínos under Guamá (died 1532), the Cimarrón Neo-Taíno nations escaped slave cultures, the Ten Years' War (1868–1878) and the Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898), and various minor conflicts such as the Race War of 1912, and the uprisings of Antonio Guiteras (died 1935) against Gerardo Machado (President of Cuba from 1925 to 1933) and Fulgencio Batista (President 1940–1944 and 1952–1959). After Fidel Castro returned to Cuba in 1956 from exile in Mexico, he and the few other survivors from the failed 1953 attack on Moncada Barracks hid in the Sierra Maestra. There they succeeded in expanding their 26th of July Movement, starting a revolution throughout the region. They built up guerrilla columns, and in collaboration with other groups in the central provinces, Escopeteros on the foot-hills and plains, and the urban resistance, eventually overthrew Batista on 1 January 1959.
Ornithology
Calls of the ivory-billed woodpecker, now possibly extinct, were reported but not confirmed in the Sierra Maestra in 1998.
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Rojas-Consuegra, R., M. A. Iturralde-Vinent, C. Díaz-Otero y D. García-Delgado 2005 Significación paleogeográfica de la brecha basal del Límite K/T en Loma Dos Hermanas (Loma Capiro), en Santa Clara, provincia de Villa Clara. I Convención Cubana de Ciencias de la Tierra. GEOCIENCIAS’ 2005. Memorias, Trabajos y Resúmenes. Centro Nacional de Información Geológica. IGP. La Habana. CD ROM. 2005. GEO08-P7: 1–9. ISBN959-7117-03-7
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For the Cuban band see Sierra Maestra band 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 1 Some view it as a series of connecting ranges Vela Santa Catalina Quemado Grande Dana Mariana 2 which join with others to the west 3 4 5 6 7 At 1 974 m 6 476 ft Pico Turquino is the range s and the country s highest point The area is rich in minerals especially copper manganese chromium and iron Sierra MaestraSierra Maestra near the border of Granma and Santiago de Cuba provinces Highest pointPeakPico TurquinoElevation1 974 m 6 476 ft Coordinates19 59 22 N 76 50 09 W 19 98944 N 76 83583 W 19 98944 76 83583DimensionsLength240 km 150 mi Width30 km 19 mi GeographyLocation of Sierra Maestra in CubaCountryCubaProvincesGranma and Santiago de CubaRange coordinates20 0 0 N 76 45 0 W 20 00000 N 76 75000 W 20 00000 76 75000 Coordinates 20 0 0 N 76 45 0 W 20 00000 N 76 75000 W 20 00000 76 75000Pico Turquino in the Sierra Maestra Cuba s highest mountain Contents 1 History 2 Ornithology 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditThe Sierra Maestra has a long history of guerrilla warfare starting with the resistance of the Tainos under Guama died 1532 the Cimarron Neo Taino nations escaped slave cultures the Ten Years War 1868 1878 and the Cuban War of Independence 1895 1898 and various minor conflicts such as the Race War of 1912 and the uprisings of Antonio Guiteras died 1935 against Gerardo Machado President of Cuba from 1925 to 1933 and Fulgencio Batista President 1940 1944 and 1952 1959 After Fidel Castro returned to Cuba in 1956 from exile in Mexico he and the few other survivors from the failed 1953 attack on Moncada Barracks hid in the Sierra Maestra There they succeeded in expanding their 26th of July Movement starting a revolution throughout the region They built up guerrilla columns and in collaboration with other groups in the central provinces Escopeteros on the foot hills and plains and the urban resistance eventually overthrew Batista on 1 January 1959 Ornithology EditCalls of the ivory billed woodpecker now possibly extinct were reported but not confirmed in the Sierra Maestra in 1998 See also Edit Cuba portalGeography of Cuba Turquino National ParkReferences EditNotes Nuestra Sierra Maestra I Granma cu Retrieved 15 March 2019 in Spanish Guantanamo on guije com in Spanish Niquero on guije com in Spanish Caney on guije com in Spanish Bayamo on guije com in Spanish Cobre on guije com in Spanish Manzanillo on guije com SourcesAchenbach Joel and Peter Essic photographer 2006 The next big one and special supplement map Earthquake risk Zones Nation Geographic 209 4 April 120 147 and map Anderson Jon Lee 1997 Che Guevara A Revolutionary Life Bantam Press ISBN 0 553 40664 7 or Grove Press ISBN 0 8021 1600 0 AP Latin America January 22 2005 Ship Begins Sound Wave Research 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Clara provincia de Villa Clara I Convencion Cubana de Ciencias de la Tierra GEOCIENCIAS 2005 Memorias Trabajos y Resumenes Centro Nacional de Informacion Geologica IGP La Habana CD ROM 2005 GEO08 P7 1 9 ISBN 959 7117 03 7 La Rosa Corzo Gabino translated by Mary Todd 1988 2003 Runaway Slave Settlements in Cuba Resistance and Repression University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill ISBN 0 8078 2803 3 Rousset Ricardo V 1918 Historial de Cuba Libreria Cervantes Havana Vol 3 pp 137 153 Scotese Christopher R 1999 Evolution of the Caribbean Sea 100 mya Present Collision of Cuba with Florida Platform and Opening of the Cayman Trough PALEOMAP Project http www scotese com caribanim htm Sigurdsson H Bralower T King J Kelley S Leckie R M Carey S 2000 History of circum Caribbean explosive volcanism 40Ar 39Ar dating of tephra layers Source Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results 165 299 314 Takayama H Iturralde Vinent M A Oji T Tajika E Kiyokawa S Garcia D Okada H Hasegawa T Toyoda K Tada R Matsui T 2000 Origin of the Penalver Formation in northwestern Cuba and its relation to K T boundary impact event Sedimentary Geology 135 1 4 295 320 Whitmarsh Isabel 1969 Bayatiquiri Tierra de Alegria Paz y Amor Leyenda de la Familia Ciargos de Luna Libro Primero Guarenas Venezuela External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sierra Maestra Cuba s Revolutionary Mountains by Zoe Barnes The Sunday Times March 15 2009 Music in the Sierra Maestra Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sierra Maestra amp oldid 1121340883, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
