Playa Girón

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coastal settlement village

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.

Aliases (4)
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 →
Referenced by (12)

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

Operation Zapata → hasLocation → Playa Girón →
Girón Beach → hasNearbySettlement → Playa Girón →
this entity surface form: "Playa Girón village"
Zapata Peninsula → hasPart → Playa Girón →
Bay of Pigs Museum → locatedIn → Playa Girón →
Bay of Pigs Invasion → location → Playa Girón →
Bay of Pigs Invasion → location → Playa Girón →
this entity surface form: "Playa Larga"
Ciénaga de Zapata → mainSettlement → Playa Girón →
Bay of Pigs Museum → near → Playa Girón →
this entity surface form: "Playa Girón beach"
Playa Larga → near → Playa Girón →
Gulf of Cazones → nearby → Playa Girón →
Brigade 2506 → notableEvent → Playa Girón →
this entity surface form: "landing at Playa Girón"
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