page_title: Baracoa
hierarchical_section_title: Baracoa
caption_attribution_description: Español: Localización del municipo de Baracoa (roja), en Provencia de Guantánamo (amarillo), Cuba English: Location map of the Municipality of Baracoa (red), in Guantánamo Province (yellow), southeastern Cuba.
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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 (the basis for its nickname Ciudad Primada, "First City").
caption: Baracoa municipality (red) within 
   Guantánamo Province (yellow) and Cuba
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