Official Name: | El Caney |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Cuba |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of El Caney in Cuba |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 280 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Cuba |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Santiago de Cuba |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Santiago de Cuba |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 20.0558°N -75.7667°W |
Area Code: | +53-22 |
El Caney (also Caney) is a small village six kilometers (four miles) to the northeast of Santiago, Cuba. "Caney" means longhouse in Taíno.[1]
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.