Official Name: | Guamo Embarcadero |
Other Name: | Guamo |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Cuba |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Guamo Embarcadero in Cuba |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 280 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Granma |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Río Cauto |
Area Total Km2: | 0.8292 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 3,840 |
Population Density Km2: | 4,631 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 20.6164°N -76.9589°W |
Elevation M: | 10 |
Guamo Embarcadero, simply known as Guamo, is a Cuban village and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Río Cauto, in Granma Province of Cuba. It is located 45 kilometres (28 mi) northwest of Bayamo, the provincial capital.[1]
The rural village of Guamo, situated on Cuba's longest river, the Cauto River, was originally part of the township or municipal district of Bayamo in the province of Oriente in Cuba.[2]
Following the 1976 Cuban constitutional referendum, Guamo Embarcadero became part of the Río Cauto municipality in Granma Province.
In 2012, the settlement of Guamo Embarcadero had a population of 3,840.[3]