Ernst Thälmann Island
Small island off the coast of Cuba / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the island. For the other uses of this name, see Ernst Thälmann (disambiguation).
Ernst Thälmann Island (Spanish: Cayo Ernesto Thaelmann or Cayo Blanco del Sur; German: Ernst-Thälmann-Insel or Südliche weiße Insel) is a 15 km (9.3 mi) long and 500 m (1,600 ft) wide island in the Gulf of Cazones that is named after Ernst Thälmann, a German communist politician. During a 1970s state visit to the German Democratic Republic (GDR) (East Germany), Fidel Castro made a promise that Cuba would donate an island to the East German government,[1] and Cayo Blanco del Sur was renamed in a ceremony during a state visit by Erich Honecker. But after the reunification of Germany, when a German newspaper tried to visit the island, they were told this transfer had only been "symbolic".[2]
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Location | Gulf of Cazones |
Coordinates | 22°02′00″N 81°24′00″W |
Area | 7.0 km2 (2.7 sq mi) |
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Province | Matanzas Province |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
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