Guamá, Cuba

Guamá is a municipality in the Santiago de Cuba Province of Cuba. It is located in the south-west of the province, and contains most of the Caribbean Sea coast west of Santiago de Cuba. The municipality seat is located in the small town of Chivirico. It is named for Guamá, the Taíno cacique who led a rebellion against the Spanish 1530s. The municipality is crossed from east to west by the Granma Road, which runs along Cuba's southern coast from Santiago de Cuba to the province of Granma. In 2004, the municipality of Guama had a population of 35,516. With a total area of 965 km (373 sq mi), it has a population density of 36.8 /km (95 /sq mi).