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Bayamo

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Bayamo (bäyä`mō), city (1995 est. pop. 132,000), Granma prov., SE Cuba. It is a manufacturing and transportation center. Cattle raising and sugar refining are the main industries. Founded in 1513, Bayamo was an inland port until the 19th cent. A former center of revolutionary movements, it gave its name to the Cuban national anthem, el Himno Bayamés. Both the Ten Years War (1868–78) and the successful revolt of 1895 began in Bayamo. Carlos Manual de Céspedes and Tomás Estrada Palma were born in the city.


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Samsonite Black Label has launched Bayamo -- a new top-of-line business bag made from most premium Italian full grained leather, inspired by the beauty of dunes, waves and winds.
Offers range from a simple, $10-a-night room in Bayamo to a $45-a-night room in the best locations of Miramar and El Vedado.
69) According to Mariano Vila of Bayamo, nations "that march at the height of the modern age" must "inscribe the principle of freedom of worship into their laws and deny privileges to any religious sect over others.
 
 
 
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