Mayarí

Mayarí is a municipality an ceety in the Holguín Province o Cuba.

The oreegins o the ceety date back tae 1757, when the first ferms wur established on the actual location. On 19 Januar 1879 the ceety became the seat o the municipality.

The Sierra Cristal Naitional Pairk () is pairtly locatit in the Mayarí municipality an pairtly in neighborin Sagua de Tánamo.  Ither attractions include Cayo Saetia, a cay locatit north o Mayarí an the Bay o Nipe.

The name o the toun figurs in the famous sang o the 1940s, "Voy para Mayari" bi Compay Segundo, an in his sang frae the Buena Vista Social Club, "Chan Chan".

Demographics
In 2004, the municipality o Mayarí haed a population o 105,505.  Wi a total aurie o 1,307 km2 (505 sq mi),  it haes a population density o 80.7 /km2 (209 /sq mi).

The municipality is dividit intae the barrios o Barajagua, Birán, Cabonico, Cajimaya, Chavaleta Norte, Chavaleta Sur, Guayabo, Juan Vicente, Mateo Sánchez, Punta de Tabaco, Río Frío, Sae-Tia, San Gregario Norte, San Gregorio Sur an Santa Isabel. 

See an aw
Municipalities o Cuba
Leet o ceeties in Cuba

References

Category:Populatit places in Holguín Province