Guantánamo

Also known as Guantanamo

thumb|Main street in front of the post office Guantánamo (, , ) is a municipality and city in southeast Cuba and capital of Guantánamo Province.

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Guantánamo is a city and municipality in Cuba, serving as the capital of Guantánamo Province. Founded in 1510, the urban area has a population of 228,436, while the broader municipality is recorded with a population of 272,801. The city covers an area of 741.4 square kilometers and sits at an elevation of 46 meters above sea level. Spanish is the official language, and residents are referred to as guantanamero or guantanamera.

Located next to Guantánamo Bay, the city is part of the Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba. It operates under the America/Havana timezone and uses the local dialing code 21. The postal code for the area is 95100.

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Place details

Locality: Guantánamo
Region: Guantánamo Province
Country: Cuba
Population: 272,801

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Guantánamo
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: framelessPlaya Baracoaframeless
Settlement.image_caption: Iglesia La Milagrosa
Settlement.image_seal: Seal of the Province of Guantánamo, Cuba.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 120x90px
Settlement.image_map: Guantánamo (Cuban municipal map).png
Settlement.map_caption: Guantánamo 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.leader_title: President
Settlement.leader_name: Idaliena Díaz Casamayor
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1797
Settlement.area_total_km2: 741.4
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Geography
United States Naval Base
Demographics
Notable Guantanameros
Transport
Car
Railway
Airport
The song "Guantanamera"
Gallery
See also
References
Further reading
External links

thumb|Main street in front of the post office Guantánamo (, , ) is a municipality and city in southeast Cuba and capital of Guantánamo Province.

Guantánamo is served by the Caimanera port near the site of a U.S. naval base. The area produces sugarcane and cotton wool. These are traditional parts of the economy.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guantánamo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.