Zapata Peninsula

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peninsula wetland region

The Zapata Peninsula is a large, sparsely populated wetland region in southern Cuba known for its extensive swamps, rich biodiversity, and the nearby Bay of Pigs invasion site.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Zapata Peninsula coastal zone 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf peninsula ⓘ
wetland region ⓘ
borders Bay of Pigs Invasion ⓘ
surface form: Bay of Pigs

Caribbean Sea ⓘ
climate seasonally wet and dry ⓘ
tropical ⓘ
containsProtectedArea Ciénaga de Zapata ⓘ
surface form: Ciénaga de Zapata National Park

Ciénaga de Zapata ⓘ
surface form: Ramsar wetland site Ciénaga de Zapata

Zapata Swamp Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
country Cuba ⓘ
ecoregion Ciénaga de Zapata ⓘ
hasFauna American crocodile ⓘ
American flamingo ⓘ
surface form: Caribbean flamingo

Cuban crocodile ⓘ
endemic bird species ⓘ
hasFlora mangroves ⓘ
wetland vegetation ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Boca de Guamá ⓘ
Playa Girón ⓘ
Playa Larga ⓘ
hasPart Bay of Pigs Invasion ⓘ
surface form: Bay of Pigs

Playa Girón ⓘ
Playa Larga ⓘ
Ciénaga de Zapata ⓘ
surface form: Zapata Swamp
knownFor Bay of Pigs invasion site ⓘ
birdwatching ⓘ
diving sites ⓘ
extensive wetlands ⓘ
rich biodiversity ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn southern Cuba ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Matanzas Province ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Cuba Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOn Isla de Cuba ⓘ
surface form: Island of Cuba
mainEconomicActivity ecotourism ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
partOf Caribbean ⓘ
surface form: Caribbean region

Greater Antilles ⓘ
populationDensity sparsely populated ⓘ
significantEventDate 1961 ⓘ
significantEventLocation Bay of Pigs Invasion ⓘ
terrainFeature coastal lagoon ⓘ
karst landscape ⓘ
mangrove forest ⓘ
swamp ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Girón Beach → partOf → Zapata Peninsula ⓘ
Gulf of Cazones → partOf → Zapata Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zapata Peninsula coastal zone
Playa Girón → partOf → Zapata Peninsula ⓘ
Playa Larga → partOf → Zapata Peninsula ⓘ