	Site Map \| FAQ in Daily Almanac for Nov 12, 2009 Search White Pages
Skip Navigation Home American Indian Heritage Month Atlas Encyclopedia Dictionary Thesaurus Features Quizzes Timelines Countries Slideshows

Fact Monster Kid's reference,
games, quizzes

Editor's Favorites

Encyclopedia

Palma Soriano

Palma Soriano (päl'mä sōryä'nō) [key], city (1981 pop. 55,851), Santiago de Cuba prov., SE Cuba, in the Cauto River valley. It is a road and rail hub and the commercial and processing center for a rich coffee and sugarcane area. Palma Soriano emerged in the early 19th cent. as the heart of a coffee-growing zone developed by French emigrants from Haiti.

See more Encyclopedia articles on: Cuban Political Geography

Premium Partner Content

Related content from HighBeam Research on: Palma Soriano

LATIN BEAT REVIEWS.(Reseña) (Latin Beat Magazine)

The warder of the nation. (Fidel Castro in Cuba) (The Economist (US))

Palenque.(music group; leader Germán Donatien)(Artículo breve) (Latin Beat Magazine)

Microsoft's Encarta Africana and the Afro-Hispanist (Afro - Hispanic Review)

En el camino, con ellos ...(Josefina Martínez)(Entrevista) (Proceso)

TESTIMONIOS EN TRIÁNGULO: PERSONAJES DE LA NUEVA CORÓNICA DE GUAMAN POMA Y DEL MANUSCRITO QUECHUA DE HUAROCHIRÍ EN EL PLEITO SOBRE EL CACICAZGO PRINCIPAL DE MAMA (1588-1590)/TRIANGULAR TESTIMONY: INDIVIDUALS FROM GUAMAN POMA'S NUEVA CORÓNICA AND FROM THE QUECHUA MANUSCRIPT OF HUAROCHIRÍ IN A LAWSUIT OVER THE CACICAZGO PRINCIPAL OF MAMA (1588-1590) (Chungara)

Los Aznar vuelven a Oropesa. (vacaciones de la familia de José María Aznar, presidente de España)(TT: The Aznars return to Oropesa) (TA: vacation of the family of José María Aznar, president of Spain) (Epoca)

Sueños posibles en un mundo imposible: conocido por sus satíricas tiras cómicas de la sociedad mexicana, Abel Quezada también pintó obras plenas de alegría y optimismo. (Américas (Spanish Edition))

SILENCIO, QUE HAY MUSICA.(España)(TT: Silent, music is here.)(TA: Spain) (Tribuna de Actualidad)

Del escaño a la PLAYA.(políticos y sus lugares favoritos de vacaciones)(TT: From the bench to the beach.)(TA: politicians and their favorite vacationing spots) (Tribuna de Actualidad)

Infoplease Tools

Palma Soriano

More on Palma Soriano from Infoplease:

See more Encyclopedia articles on: Cuban Political Geography