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El Caney - Definition and Overview

El Caney (also Caney) is a small village 4 miles (6.4 km) to the northeast of Santiago, Cuba. Chiefly known in centuries past as the site where Hernán Cortés received a vision supposedly ordering him to Christianize Mexico, the town was host to the Battle of El Caney on July 1, 1898.

See also: San Juan Hill

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