Manzanillo

Manzanillo is a municipality and town within the Granma Province of Cuba. By population, it's miles the 14th biggest Cuban metropolis and the maximum populated one now not being a provincial seat. It is a port town inside the Granma Province in japanese Cuba at the Gulf of Guacanayabo, close to the delta of the Cauto River. Its get admission to is constrained by means of the coral reefs of Cayo Perla. The municipality is split into the barrios of Primero, Segundo, Tercero, Cuarto, Quinto y Sexto, as well as the agricultural communities of Blanquizal, Calicito, Canabacoa, Cano, Ceiba Caridad, Congo, Jibacoa, Palmas Altas, Purial, Remate, Tranquilidad and Zarzal.

Manzanillo changed into based in 1784. The settlement became sacked by way of the French in 1792, and in the following year a fort become constructed for its safety. In 1833 it acquired an ayuntamiento and in 1837, for its “loyalty” in now not following the lead of Santiago in proclaiming the Spanish Constitution, received from the crown the identify of Fiel. In 1827 the port became opened to commerce, country wide and foreign. It was the web page of three battles at some point of the Spanish American War.