Baracoa

Baracoa
Baracoa
Municipality
	A view of Baracoa across the bay
	Coat of arms
	Baracoa municipality (red) within ; Guantánamo Province (yellow) and Cuba
	Coordinates: 20°20′55″N 74°30′38″W / 20.34861°N 74.51056°W
Country	Cuba
Province	Guantánamo
Established	1511
Area
• Total	977 km2 (377 sq mi)
Elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Population (2022)
• Total	78,056
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
Area code	+53-21
Website	Official website

Baracoa, whose full original name is: Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Baracoa ("Our Lady of the Assumption of Baracoa"), is a municipality and city in Guantánamo Province near the eastern tip of Cuba. It was visited by Admiral Christopher Columbus on November 27, 1492, and then founded by the first governor of Cuba, the Spanish conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar on August 15, 1511. It is the oldest Spanish settlement in Cuba and was its first capital (the basis for its nickname Ciudad Primada, "First City").

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