Guáimaro

Guáimaro is a town and municipality in the southern part of Camagüey Province in Cuba, lying between the cities of Camagüey and Las Tunas. It holds a prominent place in Cuban history as the place where, in 1869, at the start of the Ten Years War, the revolutionary army of Mambises met and drew up the Guáimaro Constitution for a new nation free of Spanish colonial rule. The municipality itself was created in 1943, when it split from Camagüey. It is divided into the barrios of Camaniguán, Elia, Galbis, Guáimaro, Palo Seco, Pilar and Tetuán. In 2022 the municipality had a population of 36,114 over a total area of 1,847 square kilometres.