El Caney
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Template:Infobox settlement El Caney (also Caney) is a small village six kilometers (four miles) to the northeast of Santiago, Cuba. "Caney" means longhouse in Taíno.<ref name=taino>Template:Cite web</ref>
Overview
It was known in centuries past as the site where Hernán Cortés received a vision supposedly ordering him to Christianize Mexico. The settlement was host to the Battle of El Caney on 1 July 1898.
Notable people
- Manuel Fernández (1871–1921), Spanish general
- Lorenzo Hierrezuelo (1907– 1993), Cuban trova musician