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Aerial view of Guantánamo Bay. The United States first seized Guantánamo Bay and established a naval base there in 1898 during the Spanish–American War in the Battle of Guantánamo Bay. [5]: 160–163 In 1903, the United States and Cuba signed a lease granting the United States permission to use the land as a coaling and naval station.
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Spanish: Base Naval de la Bahía de Guantánamo), officially known as Naval Station Guantanamo Bay or NSGB, (also called GTMO, pronounced Gitmo / ˈ ɡ ɪ t m oʊ / GIT-moh as jargon by members of the U.S. military [1]) is a United States military base occupying a location on 45 square miles (117 km 2) of land and water [2] on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the ...
Boquerón, located in the eastern shore of the bay, is the nearest Cuban settlement to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. The North East Gate ( 19°58′26″N 75°05′13″W / 19.97382°N 75.08692°W / 19.97382; -75.08692 ), located 4 km (2 miles) from it, is the only US -Cuban border crossing
How does the US government use the base at Guantánamo Bay? While the U.S. naval base in Cuba is best known for the suspects brought in after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, it has a small, separate facility used for decades to hold migrants. The Migrant Operations Center is used for people intercepted trying to illegally reach the U.S. by boat.
Populated places in Guantánamo Province (2 C, 21 P) Pages in category "Geography of Guantánamo Province" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The National Map is a significant contribution to the U.S. National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) from the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) and currently is being transformed to better serve the geospatial community by providing high quality, integrated geospatial data and improved products and services including new generation ...
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump ordered his administration Wednesday to begin preparations on a detention facility at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to house up to 30,000 ...
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 34 kilometres (21 mi) south of the provincial capital, Guantánamo.