Siboney, Cuba

{{About|the town in eastern Cuba|other uses|Siboney (disambiguation){{!}}Siboney}} {{refimprove|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox settlement  |official_name = Siboney |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |motto =  |image_skyline = Siboney 294A6347 Cuba.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Siboney |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |city_logo = |citylogo_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Cuba |pushpin_label_position = none |pushpin_map_caption = Location of Siboney in [[Cuba]] |pushpin_mapsize = 280  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Cuba}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Cuba|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Santiago de Cuba Province|Santiago de Cuba]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Municipalities of Cuba|Municipality]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Santiago de Cuba]] |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 =  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = |established_date = |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |established_title3 =  |established_date3 =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 =  |area_water_km2 = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 =  |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 =  |timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]] |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|19|57|38.88|N|75|42|27.36|W|region:CU|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes =  |elevation_m =  |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = +53-22 |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Siboney''' is a [[Cuba]]n village<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place//@19.9608,-75.7076,12z/data=!5m1!1e4?hl=en&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkxOC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D | title=Google Maps }}</ref> and ''[[Consejo popular (Cuba)|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== [[File: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).jpg|thumb|left|US Army arriving in Siboney]] Siboney was known in early modern literature as Altares or Ensenada de los Altares.<ref>See [https://www.ecured.cu/Siboney_(Santiago_de_Cuba) dedicated article at Ecured].</ref>

In 1898 Siboney and the nearby village of [[Daiquirí]] were locations where [[United States|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]].

==Personalities== *[[Compay Segundo]] (1907–2003), musician

==See also== *[[El Caney]] *[[El Cobre, Cuba|El Cobre]] *[[Siboney (song)]]

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==External links== {{Commons category|Siboney|position=left}}

[[Category:Populated places in Santiago de Cuba Province]] [[Category:Santiago de Cuba]] [[Category:Spanish–American War]]