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Also known as Biran

Birán is a village in Holguín Province of Cuba, hamlet and consejo popular of Cueto, best known as the birthplace of Ramón, Fidel, Raúl and Juanita Castro. Their father Ángel Castro y Argiz owned a plantation there.

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Settlement.official_name
Birán
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.image_skyline
File:Biran cueto cuba.jpg
Settlement.caption
Birán, Cueto
Settlement.pushpin_map
Cuba
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none
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
280
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location of Birán in Cuba
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Holguín
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Cueto
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.elevation_m
66
Settlement.population_total
1788
Settlement.population_as_of
2012
Settlement.timezone
EST

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Birán is a village in Holguín Province of Cuba, hamlet and consejo popular of Cueto, best known as the birthplace of Ramón, Fidel, Raúl and Juanita Castro. Their father Ángel Castro y Argiz owned a plantation there.

==History== Until the 1976 municipal reform, the village was part of the neighboring municipality of Mayarí.

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