Baconao
Sign in to saveBaconao Park is a large park region, about 60 kilometers away from the city of Santiago de Cuba, with a total surface of .
Key facts
- Protected area.name
- Baconao Biosphere Reserve
- Protected area.iucn_category
- VI
- Protected area.map
- Cuba
- Protected area.relief
- 1
- Protected area.map_caption
- Location of Baconao Biosphere Reserve in Cuba
- Protected area.location
- Cuba
- Protected area.nearest_city
- Santiago de Cuba
- Protected area.established
- 1987
- Protected area.governing_body
- El Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente (CITMA)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- protected area
- Country
- Cuba
- Located in
- Guantánamo Province
- Area
- 923.60
- Image
- Gran Piedra Cuba.jpg
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- UNESCO Biosphere Reserve URL
- www.unesco.org/mabdb/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?code=CUB+04&mode=all
- member of
- Man and the Biosphere Programme
- Commons category
- Parque Baconao
- inception
- 1987-00-00
- significant place
- Santiago de Cuba
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Attractions
- References
- External links
Baconao Park is a large park region, about 60 kilometers away from the city of Santiago de Cuba, with a total surface of .
==History== thumb|Reconstruction of Taino village The name Baconao is related to the name of a little native who lived in the south of Cuba during the pre-Columbian period. Legend mentions a magical tree, called bacona, that allowed the child to play music from the lagoon's snails.
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