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Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Spanish: Base Naval de la Bahía de Guantánamo), officially known as Naval Station Guantanamo Bay or NSGB, (also called GTMO, pronounced Gitmo / ˈ ɡ ɪ t m oʊ / GIT-moh as jargon by members of the U.S. military [1]) is a United States military base located on 45 square miles (117 km 2) of land and water [2] on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the southeastern end ...
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp, ... Camp 5, as well as Camp 6, were built in 2003–04. They are modeled after a high-security facility in Indiana. [63]
Guantanamo Bay from satellite. Guantánamo Bay (Spanish: Bahía de Guantánamo, [baˈia ðe ɣwãnˈtanamo]) 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 hinterland.
CPO Club – Built in 1916 as Enlisted Men's Recreation Building, huge frame structure overlooks Fleet Landing and much of the Base. Old Officer's Club – Built about 1912 at end of Evans Point, now Quarters 610. Quarters "X" – Built on Evans Point as quarters for Rifle Range Officer in 1906, now a 4-unit apartment house.
1903 - U.S. military Guantanamo Bay Naval Base established near city. [5]1907 - Population: 14,559 city; 43,300 municipality; 455,086 province. [6]1919 Teatro Fausto ...
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1 April 1941 : Renamed Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Operating Base, after vast construction program for build-up of the Station Frederick Snare Corporation. [6] 18 June 1952 : Renamed Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base.
Mohammed is the most well known inmate at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, which was set up in 2002 by then-U.S. President George W. Bush to house foreign militant suspects following the ...