Boquerón, Cuba
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Boquerón is a
Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
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 provincia ...
, in the Province of Guantánamo. Located near
Guantánamo Bay Guantánamo Bay (, ) is a bay in Guantánamo Province at the southeastern end of Cuba. It is the largest harbor on the south side of the island and it is surrounded by steep hills which create an enclave that is cut off from its immediate hint ...
, it is also known as Mártires de la Frontera,
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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 (), officially known as Naval Station Guantanamo Bay or NSGB, (also called GTMO, pronounced Gitmo as jargon by the U.S. military) is a United States military base located on of land and water on the shore of Guant ...
. The North East Gate (), located 4 km (2 miles) from it, is the only US-Cuban
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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 (7 miles) far from Caimanera and 28 km (18 miles) 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; 7 miles far) by a road named "Carretera a Boquerón". Nearest airport, the "Mariana Grajales" of Guantánamo, is located 28 km (18 miles) in the north.


See also

* Mata Abajo *
List of cities in Cuba This is a list of cities in Cuba with at least 20,000 inhabitants, listed in descending order. Population data refers to city proper and not to the whole municipality, because they include large rural areas with several villages. All figu ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boqueron Populated places in Guantánamo Province Cuba–United States border Populated places established in 1903 1903 establishments in Cuba