Sagua

Sagua de Tánamo lies in a river valley of eastern Cuba, amid the mountains near the island’s northern coast. The Sagua River waters a valley suitable for cultivation before reaching the sea. During the eighteenth century cattle estates were established in the surrounding country; in 1734 Hilario Frómeta founded the Cananova and Tánamo herds. Later migration from Saint-Domingue brought new settlers into eastern Cuba.