Birán
Birán is a village in Holguín Province of Cuba, hamlet and "consejo popular" of Cueto, best known as the birthplace of Ramón, Fidel, and Raúl Castro. Their father owned a 23,000 acre (93 km²) plantation there. History. Until the 1976 municipal reform, the village was part of the neighboring municipality of Mayarí. A farm in Birán was the birthplace of former Cuban revolutionary and leader Fidel Castro. Geography. It is located south-west of Mayarí and south of Cueto, in the foothills of the Nipe Mountains ("Sierra de Nipe").