Boquerón is a
Cuba
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n village and ''consejo popular'' ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of
Caimanera
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 south of the provincial ...
, in the
Province of Guantánamo. Located near
Guantánamo Bay, it is also known as Mártires de la Frontera,
Spanish
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for "Martyrs of the Border".
History
The village was founded in 1903 and developed urbanistically since the 1970s.
Geography
Boquerón, located in the eastern shore of the bay, is the nearest Cuban settlement to the
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base ( es, Base Naval de la Bahía de Guantánamo), officially known as Naval Station Guantanamo Bay or NSGB, (also called GTMO, pronounced Gitmo as jargon by members of the U.S. military) is a United States military bas ...
. The
North East Gate (), located 4 km from it, is the only
US-Cuban
border crossing
Border control refers to measures taken by governments to monitor and regulate the movement of people, animals, and goods across land, air, and maritime borders. While border control is typically associated with international borders, it a ...
point. Due to its proximity to the US Base Boquerón is, along with Caimanera, a ''forbidden town'' needing a special permission from the government to visit it.
"Cuba's Forbidden Towns"
on the '' Havana Journal''
Boquerón lies in front of 3 islets: Cayo Piedra, Cayo Ramón and Cayo Redondo. It is 12 km far from Caimanera and 28 from Guantánamo
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 traditi ...
.
Transport
The village is the southern terminal of a minor railway line from Guantánamo and counts a little port. It is linked with the Carretera Central highway (11 km far) by a road named "Carretera a Boquerón". Nearest airport, the "Mariana Grajales" of Guantánamo, is located 28 km in the north.
See also
* Mata Abajo
* List of cities in Cuba
References
External links
Boquerón
on EcuRed
Boquerón on Index Mundi
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Populated places in Guantánamo Province
Cuba–United States border
Populated places established in 1903
1903 establishments in Cuba