Statistics
Capital:	Guantánamo
Area:	6,178km²
Inhabitants:	507,300
Population Density:	82 per km²
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Guantánamo is the easternmost province of Cuba. Its capital is also called Guantánamo. Other towns include Baracoa. The province surrounds the important U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay. Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... The Republic of Cuba is an archipelago in the northern Caribbean that lies at the confluence of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. ... Baracoa is a city on Cuba. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... Map of Cuba with location of Guantánamo Bay indicated. ...

Guantánamo's architecture and culture is unlike the rest of Cuba. The province is only 80 km away from Haiti its closest point, across the Windward Passage and close enough to see lights on Haiti on a clear night. Guantánamo also has a high number of immigrants from Jamaica, meaning that many buildings are comparable to those of the French Quarter of New Orleans in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The Windward Passage marked in red The Windward Passage is a strait in the Caribbean Sea, between the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola. ... Jamaica is a country in the Caribbean Sea, located south of Cuba and to the west of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated. ... The French Quarter is the oldest and most famous section of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, stretching along the Mississippi River from Canal Street to Esplanade Avenue (14 blocks) and back from the Mississippi to Rampart Street (7 blocks). ... New Orleans (French: Nouvelle-Orléans) is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... A U.S. state is any one of the 50 states which have membership of the federation known as the United States of America (USA or U.S.). The separate state governments and the U.S. federal government share sovereignty. ... Louisiana is a southern state of the United States of America. ...

The Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa mountains dominate the province, dividing both climate and landscape. The northern coast, battered by prevailing winds, is the wettest part of the country, while the south, sheltered and dry, is the hottest. The north is characterized by rainforests, while the south is arid and has many cacti. Map of the climate of the Earth The climate (ancient Greek: κλίμα) is the weather averaged over a long period of time. ... The Harvesters, by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1565: Peace and agriculture in a pre-Romantic ideal landscape, without sublime terrors The term Landscape as most westerners use it, is completely entrenched in western notions of land, nature and art. ... A rainforest is a forested biome with high annual rainfall. ... Genera Many, see text A cactus (plural, cacti or cactuses) is a type of (usually) succulent plant belonging to the dicotyledonous flowering plant family, Cactaceae. ...

Municipalities

Map of Cuba with the location of Guantánamo Bay indicated

1. Baracoa (Baracoa)
2. Caimanera (Caimanera)
3. El Salvador (El Salvador)
4. Guantánamo (Guantánamo)
5. Imías (Imías)
6. Maisí (La Máquina)
7. Manuel Tames (Manuel Tames)
8. Niceto Pérez (Niceto Pérez)
9. San Antonio del Sur (San Antonio del Sur)
10. Yateras (Palenque)

See also

Guantanamera Guantanamera (The girl from Guantánamo) is perhaps the best known Cuban song and that countrys most noted patriotic song. ...