Timeline of Guantánamo

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Guantánamo, Cuba.

19th century[]

  • 1822 - Town established.[1]
  • 1856 - Ferrocarril de Guantánamo (railway) begins operating (approximate date).[2]
  • 1899
    • La Voz del Pueblo newspaper begins publication.[3]
    • Population: 7,137 city; 28,063 district; 327,715 province.[4]

20th century[]

  • 1903 - U.S. military Guantanamo Bay Naval Base established near city.[5]
  • 1907 - Population: 14,559 city; 43,300 municipality; 455,086 province.[6]
  • 1919
    • Teatro Fausto built.[7]
    • Population: 68,883.[8]
  • 1955 - Local MR-26-7 political group active.[9]
  • 1957 - Teatro Luisa opens.[7]
  • 1964 - Population: 122,400.[10]
  • 1998 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa established.[11]
  • 1999 - Population: 208,030 city; 512,300 province.[12]

21st century[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Britannica 1910.
  2. ^  [es]; Alejandro García (1987). Sugar & Railroads: A Cuban History, 1837-1959. Translated by F. Knight and M. Todd. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-4692-6.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Cuba: Guantanamo", American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N.W. Ayer & Son, 1902
  4. ^ War Department (1900). Census of Cuba, 1899. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
  5. ^ Staten 2005.
  6. ^ Victor H. Olmsted; Henry Gannett, eds. (1909). Cuba: Population, History and Resources 1907. Washington DC: United States Bureau of the Census.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Movie Theaters in Guantanamo, Cuba". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles, USA: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  8. ^ "Cuba". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
  9. ^ Stephen Cushion (2016). A Hidden History of the Cuban Revolution: How the Working Class Shaped the Guerillas' Victory. Monthly Review Press. pp. 107+. ISBN 978-1-58367-583-0.
  10. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
  11. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Cuba". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  12. ^ South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. ISBN 978-1-85743-121-6.
  13. ^ "Cuba Profile: Timeline", BBC News, retrieved September 28, 2016
  14. ^ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2014. United Nations Statistics Division.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

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