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This page is about the town in eastern Cuba. For other uses, see Siboney.
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Siboney
Village
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Siboney, Cuba is located in Cuba
Siboney, Cuba
Siboney, Cuba
Location in Cuba
Country  Cuba
Province Santiago de Cuba
Municipality Santiago de Cuba
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
Area code(s) +53-22

Siboney is a Cuban village and consejo popular (i.e.: people's council) located in the east of the city of Santiago de Cuba and belonging to its municipality.

Geography

The village lies by the Caribbean Sea, near the road linking Santiago to Baconao, through the eastern coastal area of Santiago municipality.

History

Hero tales of the American soldier and sailor as told by the heroes themselves and their comrades; the unwritten history of American chivalry (1899) (14781592684)
US Army arriving in Siboney

In 1898 Siboney and the nearby village of Daiquirí were locations where American forces came ashore in the Spanish–American War. The World War I transport ship USS Siboney (ID-2999) was named for this town, as was the escort carrier USS Siboney (CVE-112).

Siboney was also the location of a farm where Fidel Castro and his men gathered shortly before the attack on the Moncada Barracks, which is widely regarded as the start of the Cuban Revolution.

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