Caimanera
Sign in to saveCaimanera 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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Cuba
- Country
- Cuba
- Located in
- Guantánamo Province
- Population
- +11273
- Area
- +360.6
- Elevation
- +570
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Body of water
- Caribbean Sea
- Image
- Guantanamo - Boat Landing.jpg
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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.
==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.