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Santiago de Cuba

For the American warship, see USS Santiago de Cuba (1861).
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Municipality
From top down: Aerial view of the city during nighttime, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago de Cuba, the city welcome sign with the city's motto.
Flag of Santiago de Cuba
Flag
Official seal of Santiago de Cuba
Seal
Motto(s): 

Rebelde ayer, hospitalaria hoy, heroica siempre (Spanish)
("Rebellious yesterday, hospitable today, always heroic")
Santiago municipality (red) within Santiago Province (yellow) and Cuba
Santiago municipality (red) within
Santiago Province (yellow) and Cuba
Coordinates: 20°01′18″N 75°49′46″W / 20.02167°N 75.82944°W / 20.02167; -75.82944
CountryCuba
ProvinceSantiago de Cuba
Established1515
Founded byDiego Velázquez de Cuéllar
Government
 • MayorYaneydis Batista Hechavarría
Area
 • Municipality1,023.8 km2 (395.3 sq mi)
Elevation
82 m (269 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Municipality507,167
 • Urban
451,528
 • Rural
55,639
Demonymsantiaguero/a
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
 • Year2023
 • Total$6.2 billion[1]
 • Per capita$14,000
Area code+53 22
Websitewww.santiaguero.gob.cu

Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city in Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province. It lies in the southeastern area of the island, some 870 km (540 mi) southeast of the Cuban capital of Havana.

The municipality extends over 1,023.8 km2 (395.3 sq mi),[2] and contains the communities of Antonio Maceo, Bravo, Castillo Duany, Daiquirí, El Caney, El Cobre, El Cristo, Guilera, Leyte Vidal, Moncada and Siboney.[3]

Historically Santiago de Cuba was the second-most important city on the island after Havana, and remains the second-largest. It is on a bay connected to the Caribbean Sea and an important sea port. In the 2022, the city of Santiago de Cuba recorded a population of 507,167 people.[4]

  1. ^ "TelluBase—Cuba Fact Sheet" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  2. ^ Santiago.cu (2006). "Municipalities of Santiago de Cuba" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  3. ^ Guije.com. "Palma Soriano" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  4. ^ "Santiago de Cuba (Municipality, Cuba) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

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