Caimanera

Caimanera is a municipality and town in Guantánamo Province on the south eastern coast of Cuba. It is a fishing village and port built on the west shore of the sheltered Guantánamo Bay, just north of the US naval base and south of the provincial capital, Guantánamo.

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Place details

Locality: Caimanera
Region: Guantánamo Province
Country: Cuba
Population: 0

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Caimanera
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Guantánamo Bay (20984244895).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Guantánamo Bay at Caimanera
Settlement.shield_size: 120x90px
Settlement.image_map: Caimanera (Cuban municipal map).png
Settlement.map_caption: Caimanera municipality (red) within Guantánamo Province (yellow) and Cuba
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Cuba
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Guantánamo
Settlement.area_total_km2: 366
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022
Settlement.population_total: 11,273
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone: EST
Settlement.utc_offset: -5
Settlement.elevation_m: 5

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Wikidata facts

Population: 11273
Area: 360.6
Elevation: 570
Image: Guantanamo - Boat Landing.jpg
Dialing code: 21

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Commons category: Caimanera
postal code: 97800
P12749: Charles Aznavour

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==History== thumb|left|The port city of Caimanera in the 1920s The town was named for the caiman alligators which were once common in the river and in the mangrove labyrinths of the upper Bay, but which have since declined in numbers.

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