Ernst Thälmann Island

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Ernst Thälmann Island is a small Cuban island off the southern coast that was symbolically named after German communist leader Ernst Thälmann during the Cold War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
island
administrativeControl Cuban government NERFINISHED
area approximately 15 square kilometers
associatedWithHistoricalEvent Cold War propaganda campaigns
associatedWithIdeology communism
climate tropical
coastlineFeature mangroves
sandy beaches
country Cuba
distanceFromMainland a few kilometers off southern Cuban coast
ecosystem coastal
fauna marine life
seabirds
giftClaim symbolically gifted to East Germany by Fidel Castro
hasCoastType low-lying
hasMonument bust of Ernst Thälmann NERFINISHED
hasNameInLanguage Cayo Blanco NERFINISHED
Cayo Ernesto Thaelmann NERFINISHED
infrastructure no permanent settlements
legalStatusOfGift not formalized in international law
length approximately 2.5 kilometers
locatedIn Bay of Pigs region NERFINISHED
Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED
Gulf of Cazones NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Matanzas Province NERFINISHED
locatedOffCoastOf southern coast of Cuba
mediaCoverage subject of German documentaries and reports
monumentStatus bust damaged by hurricane
namedAfter Ernst Thälmann NERFINISHED
namedAfterOccupation German communist politician
nearbyBodyOfWater Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED
nearbyCityOrTown Playa Girón NERFINISHED
Playa Larga NERFINISHED
partOfArchipelago Cuban keys (cayos) NERFINISHED
politicalStatus part of Cuba
population 0 permanent inhabitants
sovereignState Republic of Cuba NERFINISHED
symbolicNamingPeriod Cold War NERFINISHED
symbolicRelationship Cuban–East German friendship
East Germany NERFINISHED
German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED
timeZone Cuba Standard Time
tourism rarely visited
uninhabited true
usedFor symbolic propaganda during Cold War
vegetation coastal shrubs
mangrove forests
width approximately 500 meters

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Ernst Thälmann commemoratedIn Ernst Thälmann Island