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See also:GIBARA, or JIBARA
(once " Punta del Yarey " and " Yarey
de See also:Gibara "), a See also:north-See also:coast See also:city of See also:Oriente See also:Province, See also:Cuba, 8o m
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N.W. of See also:Santiago de Cuba
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Pop
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(1907) 617o.' It is served by railway to the S.S.W., to See also:Holguin and Cacocum (where it connects with the See also:main See also:line between Santiago and See also:Havana), and is a See also:port of See also:call for the See also:American Munson Line
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It lies on a circular See also:harbour, about 1 m. in See also:diameter, which, though open to the N., affords See also:fair shelter
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At the entrance to the harbour is See also:San Fernando, an old fort (1817), and the city is very See also:quaint in See also:appearance
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At the back of the city are three See also: |
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