Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base,_Cuba
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:area 45 square miles
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp
gptkbp:controlledBy gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:coordinates 19.9067° N, 75.2077° W
gptkbp:country gptkb:Cuba
gptkbp:CubanGovernmentPosition considers lease invalid
gptkbp:established 1898
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Naval_Station_Guantanamo_Bay
gptkbp:hasAirport gptkb:Leeward_Point_Field
gptkbp:hasChapel gptkb:Naval_Station_Chapel
gptkbp:hasCommandingOfficer Captain Samuel White (as of 2023)
gptkbp:hasCommissary gptkb:military
gptkbp:hasDetentionFacility gptkb:Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp
gptkbp:hasHospital gptkb:U.S._Naval_Hospital_Guantanamo_Bay
gptkbp:hasNewspaper gptkb:The_Wire
gptkbp:hasPopulation ~6,000 (including military, contractors, and families)
gptkbp:hasPort gptkb:Guantanamo_Bay_Port
gptkbp:hasRecreation gptkb:Morale,_Welfare_and_Recreation_(MWR)_facilities
gptkbp:hasSchool gptkb:W.T._Sampson_School
gptkbp:hasStation gptkb:Radio_GTMO
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba
gptkbp:leasedTo gptkb:Cuba
gptkbp:leaseDuration gptkb:1903_Cuban–American_Treaty
1903
gptkbp:leasePayment $4,085 per year (U.S. dollars)
gptkbp:legalStatus leased territory
gptkbp:location gptkb:Guantánamo_Bay
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:GTMO
gptkbp:notableFor legal controversies
naval operations
detention of terrorism suspects
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:postalCode APO AE 09593
gptkbp:powerplant Desalination and power plant
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Eastern_Standard_Time
gptkbp:usedDuring gptkb:Cuban_Missile_Crisis
gptkb:Spanish–American_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:War_on_Terror
gptkbp:usedFor logistics
training
naval operations
detention
refueling
gptkbp:waterSource gptkb:wastewater_treatment_plant
gptkbp:website https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrse/installations/ns_guantanamo_bay.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Peter_Bergman
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5