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'''Guantánamo''' is a municipality and city in southeast [[Cuba]] and capital of [[Guantánamo Province]]. |
'''Guantánamo''' is a municipality and city in southeast [[Cuba]] and capital of [[Guantánamo Province]]. |
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Guantánamo is served by the [[Caimanera]] [[port]]. |
Guantánamo is served by the [[Caimanera]] [[port]] and the site of a famous U.S. Naval base. The area produces [[sugarcane]] and [[cotton]] wool. These are traditional parts of the economy. |
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==Geography== |
==Geography== |
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Revision as of 05:20, 20 February 2011
Guantánamo | |
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| Country |  Cuba |
| Province | Guantánamo |
| Established | 1797[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 741 km2 (286 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 55 m (180 ft) |
| Population (2004)[3] | |
| • Total | 244,603 |
| • Density | 330.1/km2 (855/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| Area code | +53-21 |
Guantánamo is a municipality and city in southeast Cuba and capital of Guantánamo Province.
Guantánamo is served by the Caimanera port and the site of a famous U.S. Naval base. The area produces sugarcane and cotton wool. These are traditional parts of the economy.
Geography
The municipality is mountainous in the north, where it overlays the Sierra Maestra (mountains), and borders the Windward Passage of the Caribbean Sea in the south. It is crossed by the Guantánamo, Yateras, Guaso, San Andrés and Sabanalamar rivers. The Guantánamo Bay is a natural harbour south of the city.
The municipality is divided into the barrios of 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 and Vínculo.[1]
United States naval base
About 15 km away from the city lies the Guantánamo Bay, a superior natural harbour which has been controlled by the United States as the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base since 1902, following the Platt Amendment decree. It is the site of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
Demographics
In 2004, the municipality of Guantánamo had a population of 244,603.[3] With a total area of Template:Km2 to mi2,[2] it has a population density of Template:Pop density km2 to mi2. "Guantanamera" ("The girl from Guantánamo") is perhaps the best known Cuban song and that country's most noted patriotic song.
Famous Guantanameros
Notable natives of Guantánamo include athletes Joel Casamayor, Yuriorkis Gamboa Gamboa is the first Cuban boxer to hold the IBF world title since the organization's inception. Yumileidi Cumbá, Jaime Jefferson, Yargelis Savigne, Dayron Robles, Luis Delís, and Cuban-American gymnast Annia Hatch; and cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, the first Cuban cosmonaut and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the United States to travel into earth orbit. He was also the first Hispanophone and first person of African ancestry in space.
See also
References
- ^ a b Guije.com. "Guantánamo". Retrieved 2007-10-05. Template:Es icon
- ^ a b Statoids. "Municipios of Cuba". Retrieved 2007-10-05.
- ^ a b Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-10-05. Template:Es icon
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