Playa Girón

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Playa Girón is a coastal village in Cuba best known as one of the main landing sites of the failed 1961 CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Playa Girón canonical 14
Playa Girón beach 1
Playa Girón village 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal settlement
village
climate tropical climate
coastType sandy beach
continent North America
country Cuba
hasCoastlineOn Caribbean Sea
hasCommemoration Cuban victory over Bay of Pigs invasion
hasEcosystem coastal wetlands
mangroves
hasEvent Bay of Pigs invasion landings in April 1961
hasHistoricalPeriodOfSignificance Cold War
hasMuseum Bay of Pigs Museum
hasNameLanguage Spanish
hasNameMeaning Girón Beach
hasNearbyAirport Playa Girón local airstrip
hasNearbyFeature Playa Larga
Ciénaga de Zapata
surface form: Zapata Swamp
hasNearbyMilitaryHistorySite Bay of Pigs invasion battlefields
hasNearbyProtectedArea Ciénaga de Zapata
surface form: Ciénaga de Zapata National Park
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity fishing
tourism
hasRecreationalActivity birdwatching
scuba diving
snorkeling
hasRoleInEvent main landing site of Bay of Pigs invasion
hasTourismType beach tourism
diving tourism
knownFor Bay of Pigs Invasion
surface form: Bay of Pigs invasion

CIA-backed 1961 invasion landing site
languageSpoken Spanish
locatedIn Cuba
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Matanzas Province
locatedOn Caribbean Sea
locatedOnBodyOfWater Bay of Pigs Invasion
surface form: Bay of Pigs

Gulf of Cazones
partOf Bay of Pigs Invasion
surface form: Bay of Pigs

Ciénaga de Zapata
Zapata Peninsula
politicalSystemCountry socialist state of Cuba
region Western Caribbean
surface form: western Cuba
timeZone Cuba Standard Time
transportAccess road access from Jagüey Grande
UTCOffset −05:00
UTCOffsetDST −04:00

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bay of Pigs Invasion location Playa Girón
Bay of Pigs Invasion location Playa Girón
this entity surface form: Playa Larga
Brigade 2506 notableEvent Playa Girón
this entity surface form: landing at Playa Girón
Operation Zapata hasLocation Playa Girón
Playa Larga near Playa Girón
Zapata Peninsula hasPart Playa Girón
Ciénaga de Zapata mainSettlement Playa Girón
Bay of Pigs Museum locatedIn Playa Girón
Bay of Pigs Museum near Playa Girón
this entity surface form: Playa Girón beach
Gulf of Cazones nearby Playa Girón
Girón Beach hasNearbySettlement Playa Girón
this entity surface form: Playa Girón village
Girón Beach hasNameInSpanish Playa Girón
Order of Playa Girón namedAfter Playa Girón
Zapata Plan location Playa Girón
Bay of Pigs invasion site near Playa Girón
Boca de Guamá nearbySettlement Playa Girón