Editing Baracoa (section)

==Geography==
Baracoa is located on the spot where [[Christopher Columbus]] landed in Cuba on his first voyage. It is thought that the name stems from the indigenous [[Taíno language]] word meaning "the presence of the sea".

Baracoa lies on the Bay of Honey (''Bahía de Miel'') and is surrounded by a wide [[mountain range]] (including the Sierra del Purial), which causes it to be quite isolated, apart from a single mountain road built in the 1960s.The Baracoa mountain range is covered with [[Cuban moist forests]] and [[Cuban pine forests]].

The municipality includes the villages of Barigua, Boca de Yumurí, Cabacú, [[Cayogüín]], Jamal, Jaragua, Los Hoyos, Mabujabo, Mosquitero, [[Nibujón]], Paso Cuba, Sabanilla, Santa María, Vega de Taco, and other minor localities.<ref>{{OSM|r|5927810|Baracoa}}</ref>

Baracoa has a [[tropical rainforest climate]] (''Af'') according to the [[Köppen climate classification]] with high temperatures and rainfall throughout the year.<ref>[https://en.climate-data.org/north-america/cuba/guantanamo/baracoa-26612/#climate-table], Climate Baracoa, Climate-Data.org</ref> Although there are no true wet or dry seasons, there is a noticeably wetter stretch from October to December.

{{Weather box
|location=Baracoa
|width = 100%
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes

|Jan high C = 28.3
|Feb high C = 27.5
|Mar high C = 28.6
|Apr high C = 29.7
|May high C = 30.5
|Jun high C = 31.6
|Jul high C = 31.8
|Aug high C = 32.2
|Sep high C = 31.9
|Oct high C = 31.1
|Nov high C = 29.2
|Dec high C = 28.1
|year high C=

|Jan mean C = 24.2
|Feb mean C = 23.3
|Mar mean C = 24.2
|Apr mean C = 25.5
|May mean C = 26.4
|Jun mean C = 27.3
|Jul mean C = 27.7
|Aug mean C = 27.9
|Sep mean C = 27.5
|Oct mean C = 26.8
|Nov mean C = 25.3
|Dec mean C = 24.3
|year mean C=

|Jan low C = 20.2
|Feb low C = 19.2
|Mar low C = 19.9
|Apr low C = 21.3
|May low C = 22.4
|Jun low C = 23.1
|Jul low C = 23.6
|Aug low C = 23.7
|Sep low C = 23.2
|Oct low C = 22.5
|Nov low C = 21.5
|Dec low C = 20.5
|year low C=

|Jan rain mm = 218
|Feb rain mm = 143
|Mar rain mm = 141
|Apr rain mm = 147
|May rain mm = 284
|Jun rain mm = 168
|Jul rain mm = 186
|Aug rain mm = 196
|Sep rain mm = 186
|Oct rain mm = 356
|Nov rain mm = 334
|Dec rain mm = 342
|year rain mm=
|rain colour = green
|source = Climate-Data.org
|date=January 2019}}