Bartolomé Masó () is a municipality and town in the Granma Province of Cuba.
Overview The municipality was named after the Cuban patriot Bartolomé Masó Márquez. It is the home of the Comandancia General de La Plata, headquarters of the Cuban revolutionaries around Fidel Castro and today a museum, located in the Sierra Maestra mountains.
Demographics In 2022, the municipality of Bartolomé Masó had a population of 46,711. With a total area of , it has a population density of . In 2009, around 73% of Bartolomé Masó's territorial area of 634 square kilometers was rural and difficult to access.
Earthquakes On 10 November 2024, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the coast of southeastern Cuba at UTC 05:00. The location of the earthquake was measured to be just about 40 miles away SSW of Bartolomé Masó. The earthquake's strength was felt along the coast of Cuba, which had already been experiencing flash flooding due to Hurricane Oscar, and major destruction. First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said on X that the quakes damaged homes and powerlines and caused landslides in the coastal provinces of Santiago de Cuba and Granma. He urged people in those areas to stay outside in open spaces stating, "The first and most essential thing is to save lives."
The town was again hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.3 in February 2025, with the epicenter being 24 kilometers from Bartolomé Masó.
Climate
Bartolomé Masó has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw).
See also Municipalities of Cuba List of cities in Cuba
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