Guaniguanico
{{short description|Mountain range of Cuba}}
{{Infobox mountain range
| name = Guaniguanico
| other_name = Cordillera de Guaniguanico
| photo = Valle de Viñales 2.jpg
| photo_size = 300px
| photo_caption = Viñales Valley, part of the cordillera
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| country = Cuba
| subdivision1_type = Provinces
| subdivision1 = {{enum|Pinar del Río|Artemisa}}
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| highest = Pan de Guajaibón
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| elevation_m = 699
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| coordinates = {{coord|22|47|26.66|N|83|21|53.03|W|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline}}
| length_km = 160
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| map_caption = Location of Guaniguanico in Cuba
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File:Pan de Guajaibón (1).jpg mountain]]
Guaniguanico, also known as Cordillera de Guaniguanico, is a mountain range of western Cuba that extends from the centre-west of Pinar del Río Province to the western area of Artemisa Province.[http://mapcarta.com/19461168 Guaniguanico map and pictures (mapcarta.com)] It is formed by the subranges of Sierra del Rosario and Sierra de los Órganos.{{Britannica|247778}}
Etymology
Granberry and Vescelius (2004) suggest a Guanahatabey etymology for the name Guaniguanico, comparing it with wani-wani-ku 'hidden moon, moon-set' in the purportedly related Warao language of the Orinoco Delta.{{cite book | title=Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles | publisher=University of Alabama Press | author=Granberry, Julian, & Gary Vescelius | year=2004 | location=Tuscaloosa, AL | isbn=0-8173-5123-X}}
Geography
The cordillera extends for a length of circa 160 km, from the town Guane, in the west of Pinar del Río Province, to the Alturas de Mariel, near Mariel, Artemisa Province. The two subranges composing it, Sierra de los Órganos (west) and Sierra del Rosario (east), are divided in the middle by the San Diego River (Río San Diego). The highest peak is the Pan de Guajaibón (699 m), located between the municipalities of Bahía Honda and La Palma. It represents a symbol of western Cuba.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cubanaturaleza.org/en/landscapes-biosphere-bioscapes/-mountains/46-cuba-naturaleza-org-pan-de-guajaibon-sierra-rosario-pinar-del-rio.html |title=Pan de Guajaibón (Cuba Naturaleza website) |access-date=2013-11-25 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094427/http://www.cubanaturaleza.org/en/landscapes-biosphere-bioscapes/-mountains/46-cuba-naturaleza-org-pan-de-guajaibon-sierra-rosario-pinar-del-rio.html |url-status=dead }}
Landmarks
The Guaniguanico includes the Viñales Valley,{{Cite web |url=http://www.cubanaturaleza.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44&Itemid=40 |title="Viñales National Park on the Guaniguanico Mountain Range" (Cuba Naturaleza website) |access-date=2013-11-24 |archive-date=2019-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202212147/http://www.cubanaturaleza.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44&Itemid=40 |url-status=dead }} a natural reserve and World Heritage Site; and other landmarks as the waterfalls of Salto de Soroa, the nature reserve of Las Terrazas, and the protected area of Mil Cumbres.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
File:Soroa1.jpg|Salto de Soroa waterfall
File:LasTerrazas.jpg|Las Terrazas natural reserve
See also
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Category:Mountain ranges of Cuba