Boquerón, Cuba

Boquerón
Mártiers de la Frontera
Village

Boquerón waterfront

Map of Guantánamo Bay, showing the location of Boquerón

Location of Boquerón in Cuba

Coordinates: 19°58′59.88″N 75°07′00.12″W / 19.9833000°N 75.1167000°W / 19.9833000; -75.1167000Coordinates: 19°58′59.88″N 75°07′00.12″W / 19.9833000°N 75.1167000°W / 19.9833000; -75.1167000
Country  Cuba
Province Guantánamo
Municipality Caimanera
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
Area code(s) +53-21

Boquerón is a Cuban village and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Caimanera, in the Province of Guantánamo. Located near Guantánamo Bay, it is also known as Mártires de la Frontera,[1] Spanish for "Martyrs of the Border".

History

The village was founded in 1903 and developed urbanistically since the 1970s.[2]

Geography

Boquerón, located in the eastern shore of the bay, is the nearest Cuban settlement to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. The North East Gate (19°58′26″N 75°05′13″W / 19.97382°N 75.08692°W / 19.97382; -75.08692), located 4 km from it, is the only US-Cuban border crossing point.[3][4][5] 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.[6]

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.

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

References

  1. ↑ (Spanish) Boquerón / Mártires de la Frontera on EcuRed
  2. ↑ (Spanish)"History of Boquerón" (EcuRed)
  3. ↑ Article on Joint Task Force Guantanamo website
  4. ↑ Article on US Department of Defense website
  5. ↑ (Spanish) "The Naval Base in Caimanera" (EcuRed)
  6. ↑ "Cuba's Forbidden Towns" on the Havana Journal

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