Guaimaro

Guáimaro lies in the eastern part of the Camagüey country, on the plains of central Cuba. The settlement grew within the jurisdiction of Puerto Príncipe, as colonial occupation spread across the interior. In 1791 Fray Gregorio de Jesús Caballero y Miranda opened the baptismal register of the parish of Our Lady of the Conception of Guáimaro. The first baptism recorded there marks an early moment in the life of the small town.