U.S. Naval Base Guantánamo Bay

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._Naval_Base_Guantánamo_Bay
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:airport gptkb:Leeward_Point_Field
gptkbp:annualLeasePayment $4,085 (U.S. dollars)
gptkbp:area 45 square miles
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Cuba
gptkbp:commander Captain Samuel White (as of 2023)
gptkbp:controlledBy gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:country gptkb:Cuba
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:Cuban_government
gptkbp:established 1898
gptkbp:function gptkb:prison
naval operations
logistics support
gptkbp:hasBeach yes
gptkbp:hasChapel gptkb:Naval_Station_Chapel
gptkbp:hasCoastGuardDetachment yes
gptkbp:hasCommissary gptkb:military
gptkbp:hasDesalinationPlant yes
gptkbp:hasDetentionCamp gptkb:Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp
gptkbp:hasFireDepartment yes
gptkbp:hasGolfCourse yes
gptkbp:hasHarbor gptkb:Guantánamo_Bay_Harbor
gptkbp:hasHospital gptkb:U.S._Naval_Hospital_Guantanamo_Bay
gptkbp:hasLibrary yes
gptkbp:hasMarineCorpsDetachment yes
gptkbp:hasNewspaper gptkb:The_Guantanamo_Bay_Gazette
gptkbp:hasPostalCode gptkb:U.S._Post_Office
gptkbp:hasRecreation gptkb:Morale,_Welfare_and_Recreation_(MWR)_facilities
gptkb:Windjammer_Club
gptkbp:hasSchool gptkb:W.T._Sampson_School
gptkbp:hasStation gptkb:Radio_GTMO
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. Naval Base Guantánamo Bay
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp
gptkbp:leasedTo gptkb:Cuba
gptkbp:leaseholder gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:leasePaymentAcceptedBy gptkb:Cuban_government_(pre-1959)
gptkbp:leasePaymentRefusedBy gptkb:Cuban_government_(post-1959)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Guantánamo_Bay
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:GTMO
gptkbp:notableEvent establishment of detention camp in 2002
Cuban Missile Crisis involvement
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:population approximately 6,000 (including military, contractors, and families)
gptkbp:postalCode FPO AA 34040
gptkbp:powerplant diesel power plant
gptkbp:region gptkb:Guantánamo_Province
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Eastern_Standard_Time
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:1903_Cuban–American_Treaty
gptkbp:website https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrse/installations/ns_guantanamo_bay.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Guantánamo_Province
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6