U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay

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United States military base detention facility naval base

The U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay is an American military installation in southeastern Cuba that has served as a strategic naval outpost and, more recently, as a controversial detention facility for terrorism suspects.

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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form	Occurrences
Guantánamo Bay Naval Base	7
Guantánamo Bay	5
Guantánamo Bay detention camp	3
Guantanamo Bay detention camp	2
Guantánamo Bay Naval Station	2
Guantánamo Bay harbor	2
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay	2
Naval Station Guantánamo Bay	2
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base	1
Guantanamo Bay detention camps	1
Guantánamo	1
United States at Guantánamo Bay	1
United States military bases	1

Statements (82)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States military base ⓘ detention facility ⓘ naval base ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	GTMO ⓘ Gitmo ⓘ U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ surface form: Guantánamo Bay Naval Base U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ surface form: Guantánamo Bay Naval Station U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ surface form: Naval Station Guantánamo Bay
annualRentAmount	4085 U.S. dollars ⓘ
annualRentCurrency	U.S. dollars ⓘ
annualRentPaidTo	Cuba ⓘ
associatedWith	U.S. military commissions ⓘ Global War on Terrorism ⓘ surface form: War on Terror
borderedBy	Cuban-controlled territory ⓘ
climate	tropical semi-arid climate ⓘ
contains	U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guantánamo Bay detention camp
controlledBy	United States Navy ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizedBy	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ surface form: United Nations experts human rights organizations ⓘ
criticizedFor	indefinite detention without trial ⓘ use of enhanced interrogation techniques ⓘ
CubanGovernmentPosition	lease is invalid under international law ⓘ
detentionCampEstablished	2002 ⓘ
detentionCampPurpose	detention of enemy combatants ⓘ detention of terrorism suspects ⓘ
disputedBy	Cuban government ⓘ
established	1903 ⓘ
establishedBy	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
establishedFollowing	Spanish–American War ⓘ
governedBy	U.S. military law ⓘ
hasInfrastructure	hospital ⓘ recreational facilities ⓘ schools ⓘ
hasLandArea	about 49 square kilometers ⓘ
hasPortFacilities	deep-water harbor ⓘ
hasResidentialArea	housing for U.S. military personnel ⓘ housing for civilian employees ⓘ
hasRunway	United States Navy shore establishment ⓘ surface form: Naval Air Station airfield
hasWaterArea	about 68 square kilometers ⓘ
jurisdictionClaimedBy	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
knownFor	allegations of human rights abuses ⓘ controversial detention practices ⓘ
leaseAgreementSigned	1903 ⓘ
leaseAgreementType	perpetual lease ⓘ
leasedFrom	Cuba ⓘ surface form: Republic of Cuba
legalStatus	leased territory ⓘ
locatedIn	U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guantánamo Bay southeastern Cuba ⓘ
locatedNear	city of Guantánamo ⓘ
locatedOn	U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guantánamo Bay harbor island of Cuba ⓘ
occupiesAreaOf	about 117 square kilometers ⓘ about 45 square miles ⓘ
operatedBy	United States Navy ⓘ
partOf	U.S. Southern Command ⓘ surface form: United States Southern Command
playsRoleIn	U.S. immigration and refugee processing (historically) ⓘ
securityFeatures	guard towers ⓘ minefields (historically) ⓘ
separatedFromCubaBy	fence line ⓘ
shortName	U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guantánamo Bay Naval Base U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guantánamo Bay Naval Station U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Naval Station Guantánamo Bay
sovereigntyClaimedBy	Cuba ⓘ
strategicRole	coaling and naval station ⓘ forward operating base in the Caribbean ⓘ logistics hub for U.S. Navy ⓘ
subjectOf	U.S. Supreme Court cases ⓘ global media coverage ⓘ international legal debates ⓘ
supports	U.S. Coast Guard operations ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ surface form: U.S. Navy ships joint and combined military exercises ⓘ
symbolOf	U.S. War on Terror policies ⓘ debates over national security and civil liberties ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
U.S.GovernmentPosition	lease remains legally binding ⓘ
usedAs	refueling station for naval vessels ⓘ support base for regional operations ⓘ training area for U.S. forces ⓘ
usedFor	housing Cuban migrants (1990s) ⓘ housing Haitian migrants (1990s) ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GTMO → alsoKnownAs → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo Bay detention camp

U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay → alsoKnownAs → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo Bay Naval Base

U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay → alsoKnownAs → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo Bay Naval Station

U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay → alsoKnownAs → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naval Station Guantánamo Bay

U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay → contains → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo Bay detention camp

Taxi to the Dark Side → depicts → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantanamo Bay detention camp

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed → detainedAt → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantanamo Bay detention camp

Spanish–American War → followedBy → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

GTMO → fullName → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo Bay Naval Base

Joint Task Force-Guantanamo → garrison → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naval Station Guantanamo Bay

Gitmo → hasAlias → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo Bay detention camp

Gitmo → hasAlias → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo Bay Naval Base

GTMO → hasHarbor → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo Bay harbor

Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War → hasLocation → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo Bay

Cuba → hasMilitaryBaseOf → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States at Guantánamo Bay

United States territories → hasPart → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo Bay Naval Base

Okinawa Island → hosts → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States military bases

United States–Cuba relations → involvesTerritory → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo Bay Naval Base

Joint Task Force-Guantanamo → jurisdiction → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantanamo Bay detention camps

GTMO → locatedIn → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo Bay

Gitmo → locatedIn → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo Bay

U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay → locatedIn → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo Bay

U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay → locatedOn → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo Bay harbor

Joint Task Force-Guantanamo → location → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

Platt Amendment → locationOfNavalBaseAuthorized → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo Bay

United States military commission → locationOfProceedings → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo Bay Naval Base

Gitmo → partOf → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naval Station Guantanamo Bay

U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay → shortName → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo Bay Naval Base

U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay → shortName → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo Bay Naval Station

U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay → shortName → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naval Station Guantánamo Bay

Cuba Standard Time → usedIn → U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guantánamo