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Cayo Coco
Cayo Coco (''Coco Key'') is an island in central Cuba, known for its all inclusive resorts. It lies within the Ciego de Ávila Province and is part of a chain of islands called Jardines del Rey ("King's Gardens"). The cay is administered by the Morón municipality. It has a surface area of 370 km2〔(Jardines del Rey on turismodecuba.com.ar )〕 and is named after the white ibis, locally called ''coco ''(coconut)'' birds''. The island is known for its long beaches and many resort hotels.
==History==
Used as a hideout by buccaneers in the early colonial period, the island was home to a small settlement of fishermen and charcoal producers until 1955 when the freshwater supply was exhausted and the market for charcoal ended with the spread of electrification after the Cuban Revolution. A causeway connecting the island to the Cuban mainland was built in 1988, beginning the era of resort construction. The first resort, Guitart Cayo Coco (now the Hotel Colonial Cayo Coco), opened in 1993.〔Sainsburg, Brendan, ''Cuba'' Lonely Planet Guide 2009, p. 327〕 The Cuban exile group Alpha 66 attacked the resort with machine guns in 1994 and 1995, but there were no injuries.〔(United Nations General Assembly Security Council, Fifty-Sixth Session, Agenda Item 166, p. 4-5 )〕
Cayo Coco and the neighboring Cayo Guillermo provided settings for Ernest Hemingway's ''Islands In The Stream''〔Hemingway, Ernest, ''Islands in the Stream'' (1970) Charles Scriber & Sons, New York, pp.405-466〕 and ''The Old Man and the Sea''.
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