Guantánamo Province
Guantánamo is the eastmaist province o Cuba. Its caipital is an aw cried Guantánamo. Ither touns include Baracoa. The province surroonds the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay.
Guantánamo Province | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Kintra | Cuba |
| Caipital | Guantánamo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6164.47 km2 (2,380.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2010-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 510,863 |
| • Density | 83/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
History eedit
Guantánamo's airchitectur an cultur is destinct frae that o the rest o Cuba. The oreeginal settlement wis done bi Catalan families frae the Ampurdán region o north-eastren Catalonie, Spain in 1764. Breetish forces haed occupeed the aurie for ower 40 years an Scots-Erse settlers wur a constant preoccupation tae the Spainyie authorities. In 1805, when the French wur forced oot o St. Domingue (Haiti) 35,000 French settlers wur gien lands in Cuba, mony French families settled in the Guantanamo aurie becomin coffee an cacao planters meanin that mony biggins are comparable tae those o the French Quarter o New Orleans in the U.S. state o Louisiana. Guantánamo an aw haes a number o immigrants frae Jamaica.
Afore the Cuban Revolution o 1959, the Carnivals o Guantanamo wur famous in Cuba.
Geografie eedit
The province is anerlie 80 km (50 mi) away frae Haiti its closest point, athort the Windward Passage an close enough tae see lichts in Haiti on a clear nicht.
The Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa muntains (Sierra de Cristal) dominate the province, dividin baith climate an landscape. The northren coast, battered bi prevailin winds, is the wettest pairt o the kintra, while the sooth, sheltered an dry, is the hottest. The north is characterized bi rainforests, while the sooth is arid an haes mony cacti.
Municipalities eedit
| Municipality | Population (2004) |
Aurie (km²) |
Location | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baracoa | 81,794 | 977 | 20°21′2″N 74°30′37″W / 20.35056°N 74.51028°W | |
| Caimanera | 10,562 | 366 | 19°59′42″N 75°09′35″W / 19.99500°N 75.15972°W | |
| El Salvador | 45,662 | 637 | 20°12′35″N 75°13′22″W / 20.20972°N 75.22278°W | |
| Guantánamo | 244,603 | 741 | 20°08′13″N 75°12′50″W / 20.13694°N 75.21389°W | Provincial capital |
| Imías | 20,959 | 524 | 20°04′37″N 74°39′6″W / 20.07694°N 74.65167°W | |
| Maisí | 28,276 | 525 | 20°14′36″N 74°09′21″W / 20.24333°N 74.15583°W | La Máquina |
| Manuel Tames | 14,200 | 526 | 20°10′50″N 75°03′5″W / 20.18056°N 75.05139°W | |
| Niceto Pérez | 17,783 | 640 | 20°07′40″N 75°20′31″W / 20.12778°N 75.34194°W | |
| San Antonio del Sur | 26,509 | 585 | 20°03′25″N 74°48′28″W / 20.05694°N 74.80778°W | |
| Yateras | 20,358 | 664 | 20°21′1″N 74°55′27″W / 20.35028°N 74.92417°W | Palenque |
Demografics eedit
In 2004, the province o Guantanamo haed a population o 510,706.[2] Wi a total aurie o 6,167.97 km2 (2,381.47 sq mi),[4] the province haed a population density o 82.8 /km2 (214 /sq mi).
See an aw eedit
References eedit
- ↑ a b "Lugar que ocupa el territorio según la superficie y la población" (PDF). Una MIRADA a Cuba (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas. Cuba. 2010. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 11 Mairch 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2012.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ a b Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality". Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2007. (in Spaingie) Cite error: Invalid
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|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Government of Cuba (2002). "Population by Province". Archived frae the original on 8 Julie 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2007. (in Spaingie)