Guantánamo Province

Guantánamo is the eastmaist province o Cuba. Its caipital is an aw cried Guantánamo.  Ither touns include Baracoa. The province surroonds the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay.

History
Guantánamo's airchitectur an cultur is destinct frae that o the rest o Cuba.
The oreeginal settlement wis done bi Catalan families frae the Ampurdán region o north-eastren Catalonie, Spain in 1764. Breetish forces haed occupeed the aurie for ower 40 years an Scots-Erse settlers wur a constant preoccupation tae the Spainyie authorities. In 1805, when the French wur forced oot o St. Domingue (Haiti) 35,000 French settlers wur gien lands in Cuba, mony French families settled in the Guantanamo aurie becomin coffee an cacao planters meanin that mony biggins are comparable tae those o the French Quarter o New Orleans in the U.S. state o Louisiana. Guantánamo an aw haes a number o immigrants frae Jamaica.

Afore the Cuban Revolution o 1959, the Carnivals o Guantanamo wur famous in Cuba.

Geografie
The province is anerlie 80 km (50 mi) away frae Haiti its closest point, athort the Windward Passage an close enough tae see lichts in Haiti on a clear nicht.

The Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa muntains (Sierra de Cristal) dominate the province, dividin baith climate an landscape. The northren coast, battered bi prevailin winds, is the wettest pairt o the kintra, while the sooth, sheltered an dry, is the hottest. The north is characterized bi rainforests, while the sooth is arid an haes mony cacti.

Municipalities
MunicipalityPopulation(2004)Aurie(km²)LocationRemarksBaracoaCaimaneraEl SalvadorGuantánamo Provincial capitalImíasMaisí  La MáquinaManuel TamesNiceto PérezSan Antonio del SurYateras  Palenque
Source: Population from 2004 Census.  Area from 1976 municipal re-distribution.

Demografics
In 2004, the province o Guantanamo haed a population o 510,706. Wi a total aurie o 6,167.97 km2 (2,381.47 sq mi),  the province haed a population density o 82.8 /km2 (214 /sq mi).

See an aw
Guantanamera
Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt
Oriente

References

Freemit airtins
Complete guide te Guantanamo Ceety 
Detailed information aboot Zoologico de Piedra (Stone Zoo) 
 Página Inicio del Sitio Oficial de la Ciencia en Guantánamo 

Category:Provinces o Cuba