Boquerón Mártiers de la Frontera | |
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Village | |
.jpg) Boquerón waterfront | |
 Map ofGuantánamo Bay, showing the location of Boquerón | |
.svg)  Location of Boquerón inCuba | |
| Coordinates:19°58′59.88″N75°07′00.12″W / 19.9833000°N 75.1167000°W /19.9833000; -75.1167000 | |
| Country |  Cuba |
| Province | Guantánamo |
| Municipality | Caimanera |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| Area code | +53-21 |
Boquerón is aCuban village andconsejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality ofCaimanera, in theProvince of Guantánamo. Located nearGuantánamo Bay, it is also known asMártires de la Frontera,Spanish for "Martyrs of the Border".
The village was founded in 1903 and developed urbanistically since the 1970s.[citation needed]
Boquerón, located in the eastern shore of the bay, is the nearest Cuban settlement to theGuantanamo Bay Naval Base. TheNorth East Gate (19°58′26″N75°05′13″W / 19.97382°N 75.08692°W /19.97382; -75.08692), located 4 km (2 miles) from it, is the onlyUS-Cubanborder crossing point.[1][2] Due to its proximity to the US Base Boquerón is, along with Caimanera, aforbidden town needing a special permission from the government to visit it.[3]
Boquerón lies in front of 3 islets: Cayo Piedra, Cayo Ramón and Cayo Redondo. It is 12 km (7 miles) far from Caimanera and 28 km (18 miles) fromGuantánamo.
The village is the southern terminal of a minor railway line from Guantánamo and counts a little port. It is linked with theCarretera Central highway (11 km; 7 miles far) by a road named "Carretera a Boquerón". Nearest airport, the"Mariana Grajales" of Guantánamo, is located 28 km (18 miles) in the north.
