Granma may refer to:
- Granma (yacht), in which Fidel Castro and his revolutionary expedition sailed to Cuba in 1956. Granma is the Yacht that was used to transport the fighters of the Cuban Revolution from Mexico to Cuba in 1956 for the purpose of
Post-Revolutionary Cuba named several things in honour of the yacht:
- Granma (newspaper), the official newspaper of the Cuban Communist Party. Granma is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party.
- Granma Province, in the country's south-east, where the yacht made landfall. Granma is one of the Provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Bayamo.
- University of Granma in Bayamo, Cuba. The University of Granma ( Spanish: Universidad de Granma, UDG) is a university located in Bayamo, Cuba. Bayamo is the capital city of the Granma Province of Cuba, and one of the largest cities in the Oriente region
See also
- The yacht's original (English-speaking) owner had named it after his own grandmother.
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