Baracoa
Baracoa ranks 14,609th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Buckhurst Hill, Visoko, and Fuqing. Memorable people born in Baracoa include María Caridad Colón. Memorable people who died in Baracoa include Arnaldo Ochoa. Baracoa has been the birth place of many athletes and the death place of many politicians. Baracoa is located in Cuba.
Baracoa, whose full original name is: Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Baracoa, is a municipality and city in Guantánamo Province near the eastern tip of Cuba. It was visited by Admiral Christopher Columbus on November 27, 1492, and then founded by the first governor of Cuba, the Spanish conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar on August 15, 1511. It is the oldest Spanish settlement in Cuba and was its first capital. Read more on Wikipedia
In 1958, Baracoa was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including María Caridad Colón. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Baracoa including Arnaldo Ochoa.
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Most individuals born in present day Baracoa were athletes (1), while most who died were politicians (1).
