Guantánamo is a city in southeast Cuba and is the capital of
the province of Guantánamo
The city was founded in the 19th century by the French, who fled the
slave rebellion in Saint-Domingue (Haiti)
We found the city dull and unattractive but despite that few tourists come
here almost everyone knows Guantánamo
Firstly, the famous song Guantanamera and secondly because of the U.S. base
in Guantanamo Bay, 15 km from the city
You can see Guantánamo Bay in the distance
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
Guantánamo
has approximately 208,000 residents
The city is an important center for the
sugar cane and coffee processing industry and has road and rail links with
Santiago de Cuba
The port for the city is the place Caimanera that lies approximately 18 kilometers to the south
Plaza de Revolution
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