GIBARA, or JIBARA  (once " Punta del Yarey " and " Yarey de Gibara "), a north-coast city of Oriente Province, Cuba, 8o m . N.W. of Santiago de Cuba . Pop . (1907) 617o.' It is served by railway to the S.S.W., to Holguin and Cacocum (where it connects with the main line between Santiago and Havana), and is a port of call for the American Munson Line . It lies on a circular harbour, about 1 m. in diameter, which, though open to the N., affords fair shelter . At the entrance to the harbour is San Fernando, an old fort (1817), and the city is very quaint in appearance . At the back of the city are three stone-topped hills, Silla, Pan and Tabla, reputed to be those referred to by Columbus in his journal of his first voyage . Enclosing the town is a stone wall, built by the Spaniards as a defence against attack during the rebellion of 1868-1878 . Gibara is the port of Holguin . It exports cedar, rnahogany, tobacco, sugar, tortoise-shell, Indian corn, cattle products, coco-nuts and bananas; and is the centre of the banana trade with the United States . Gibara is an old settlement, but it did not rise above the status of a petty village until after 1817; its importance dates from the opening of the port to commerce in 1827 .