Guantánamo is a municipality an ceety in sootheast Cuba an caipital o Guantánamo Province.

Guantánamo
Guantánamo is located in Cuba
Guantánamo
Location o Guantánamo in Cuba
Coordinates: 20°08′12″N 75°12′50″W / 20.13667°N 75.21389°W / 20.13667; -75.21389
Kintra Cuba
ProvinceGuantánamo
Established1797[1]
Area
 • Total741 km2 (286 sq mi)
Elevation
55 m (180 ft)
Population
 (2004)[3]
 • Total244,603
 • Density330.1/km2 (855/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
Area code(s)+53-21

Guantánamo is servit bi the Caimanera port an is the steid o a U.S. Naval base. The aurie produces succarcane an cotton oo. Thir are traditional pairts o the economy.

Geografie eedit

 
Hotel Washington (1974)

The municipality is muntainous in the north, whare it owerlays the Sierra Maestra (muntains), an borders the Windward Passage o the Caribbean Sea in the sooth. It is crossed bi the Guantánamo, Yateras, Guaso, San Andrés an Sabanalamar rivers. The Guantánamo Bay is a naitural harbour sooth o the ceety.

The municipality is dividit intae the barrios o Arroyo Hondo, Baitiquirí, Bano, Bayate, Caimanera, Camarones, Caridad, Corralillo, Cuatro Caminos, Filipinas, Glorieta, Gobierno, Guaso, Hospital, Indios, Isleta, Jaibo Abajo, Las Lajas, Macurijes, Mercado, Ocujal, Parroquia, Palma de San Juan, Rastro, Tiguabos an Vínculo.[1]

Unitit States naval base eedit

Aboot 15 km awa frae the ceety lees the Guantánamo Bay, a superior naitural harbor which haes been controlled bi the Unitit States as the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base syne 1902, follaein the Platt Amendment decree. It is the steid o the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

Demografics eedit

In 2004, the municipality o Guantánamo haed a population o 244,603.[3] Wi a tot aurie o 741 km2 (286 sq mi),[2] it haes a population densitie o 330.1/km2 (855/sq mi).

Famous Guantanameros eedit

Notable natives o Guantánamo include athletes Joel Casamayor, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Yumileidi Cumbá, Jaime Jefferson, Yargelis Savigne, Dayron Robles, Luis Delís, Cuban-American gymnast Annia Hatch, an cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez.

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References eedit

  1. a b Guije.com. "Guantánamo". Retrieved 5 October 2007. (in Spaingie)
  2. a b Statoids. "Municipios of Cuba". Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  3. a b Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality". Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2007. (in Spaingie)

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