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'''El Caney''' (also '''Caney''') is a small village six kilometers (four miles) to the northeast of [[Santiago de Cuba|Santiago]], [[Cuba]]. "Caney" means [[longhouse]] in [[Taíno language|Taíno]].<ref name=taino>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uctp.org/VocesIndigena.html |title=Taíno Dictionary |author=The United Confederation of Taíno People |access-date=2007-10-18 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016055722/http://www.uctp.org/VocesIndigena.html |archive-date=2007-10-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Overview==
It was known in centuries past as the site where [[Hernán Cortés]] received a vision supposedly ordering him to [[Christianity|Christianize]] [[Mexico]]. The settlement was host to the [[Battle of El Caney]] on 1 July 1898.

==Notable people==
*[[Manuel Fernández Silvestre|Manuel Fernández]] (1871–1921), Spanish general
*[[Lorenzo Hierrezuelo]] (1907– 1993), Cuban [[trova]] musician

== See also ==
* [[San Juan Hill]]
* [[Siboney, Cuba|Siboney]]
* [[Daiquirí]]
* [[El Cobre, Cuba|El Cobre]]

==References==
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[[Category:Populated places in Santiago de Cuba Province]]
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