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In 2022, the municipality of Guantánamo had a population of 222,781. With a total area of 741 km (286 sq mi), it has a population density of 300/km (780/sq mi).
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in the south. It is crossed by the Bano, Guantánamo, Yateras, Guaso, San Andrés, and Sabanalamar rivers. The city is spread with a square plan and is crossed in the middle by the
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and Guantanamo. The journey takes 15 hours. A round trip ticket from Havana to Guantanamo trip starts at 200 Cuban pesos ($ 8, €7).
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In July 2019, Cuba received its first new train cars in over four decades from China for the route between
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song and that country's most noted patriotic song. In 1966, a version by American vocal group
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Detailed information about Zoologico de Piedra (Stone Zoo)
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The city was founded in 1797 in the area of a farm named
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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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Guantanamo
Guantánamo (disambiguation)
City
Main street in front of post office
Official seal of Guantánamo
Guantánamo municipality (red) within Guantánamo Province (yellow) and Cuba
20°08′12″N 75°12′50″W / 20.13667°N 75.21389°W / 20.13667; -75.21389
Cuba
Province
Guantánamo
City
City
Urban
Demonym
Time zone
UTC-5
EST
Area code
UK
/ɡwænˈtænəm/
US
/ɡwɑːnˈtɑːn-/
[ɡwanˈtanamo]
Cuba
Guantánamo Province
Caimanera
port
site of a U.S. naval base
sugarcane
cotton

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