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Guantanamo Bay

Guantánamo Bay (Spanish: Bahía de Guantánamo) is a bay located in Guantánamo Province at the southeastern end of Cuba (19°54′N 75°9′W / 19.9°N 75.15°W / 19.9; -75.15). It is the largest harbor on the south side of the island and is surrounded by steep hills creating an enclave cut off from its immediate hinterland. In Britain in the 18th Century it was known as Cumberland Bay. The United States assumed territorial control over Guantánamo Bay under the 1903 Cuban-American Treaty, which... read more

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