thumb|House where Fidel and Raúl Castro were born
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.
A farm in Birán was the birthplace of former Cuban revolutionary leaders Ramón Castro Ruz, Fidel Castro, Raúl Castro and their sister Juanita Castro.
Geography
It is located south-west of Mayarí and south of Cueto, in the foothills of the Nipe Mountains (Sierra de Nipe).
See also
- Nicaro-Levisa
- Guatemala (village)