Caimanera

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Caimanera Municipality.
South of the eastern tip of Cuba, just down from the Sierra Maestra, opens to the beautiful Caribbean Sea Guantanamo Bay, breathtaking in its beauty and extent. With its 19 Kms in length represents the third largest bay in the world, second only to the Hudson in Canada and the northern Nipe in eastern Cuba.
The name Guantanamo arauaco source, is inherited from their ancient indigenous people. On arrival of Christopher Columbus to Guantanamo Bay (April 30, 1494) was received with kindness innocent neighbors feature several existing Taino settlements inside the harbor, who as a sign of peace, met with baskets of fruits and salted fish to unexpected visitors.

Afternoon realized their mistake, because in 1510 also was the scene this eastern part of the landing of conquistador Diego Velázquez, who, as a conqueror at last, used methods that had nothing to do with the innocence and peace. The Aboriginal population was soon decimated, scattered and almost exterminated. The history of the area abruptly changed course and the bay twisted his fate.

Inside Guantanamo Bay and on both banks develop township communities Caimanera members, which with its 360,58 km2 (including 115 km2 occupied by U.S. Naval Base) is the smallest in the country.

Its original name was «The Caimanera» emerged as popular name, inspired by the large number of existing alligators in the numerous swamps especially near the mouths of rivers and Guaso Guantanamo, whose waters pour into the bay.

Caimanera has a relief mainly flat with gentle slopes to the south, a marshy soil of sandstone and clay, a semi-arid climate with high temperatures and low rainfall; These and other geographic features confer distinctive qualities both flora and fauna as human activities.

When numerous latitudes Caimanera mentions this town is associated with the American Naval Base which illegally occupies the U.S. government in the town of Caimanera territorio.El is in the inner bag is wide Guantanamo Bay .