Santiago de Cuba Province

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Santiago de Cuba Province
Santiago de Cuba Province
	Province o Cuba
Kintra	Cuba
Caipital	Santiago de Cuba
Area
• Total	6234.16 km2 (2,407.02 sq mi)
Population (2010-12-31)
• Total	1,047,015
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
Area code(s)	+53-226

Santiago de Cuba Province is the seicont maist populatit province in the island o Cuba. The mucklest ceety Santiago de Cuba is the main admeenistrative center. Ither muckle ceeties include Palma Soriano, Contramaestre, Mayarí Arriba, San Luis an Songo-la Maya.

History

Santiago de Cuba province haes been the steid o mony battles, baith durin the war for unthirlrdom an the 1959 Cuban Revolution, whaur hintle o the guerrilla fechtin teuk place in the muntainous province.

Prior tae 1976, Cuba wis dividit intae sax historical provinces. Ane o thir wis Oriente province, which wis, prior tae 1905, kent as Santiago de Cuba province. The present day province comprises the sooth-central region o Oriente.

Economy

The province is rich in material resoorces sic as iron an nickel. The economy, housomeivver, relees maistly on agricultur, wi muckle plantations growin bananaes, cacao an coffee dottin the landscape. Industry is growin aroond the caipital, as is tourism. The naitural beauty o the aurie is attractin mony tourists frae baith the rest o Cuba an frae owerseas.

Municipalities

Municipality	Population (2004)	Aurie (km²)	Location	Remarks
Contramaestre	7005101832000000000♠101,832	7002610290000000000♠610.3	20°18′0″N 76°15′2″W / 20.30000°N 76.25056°W / 20.30000; -76.25056 (Contramaestre)
Guamá	7004355160000000000♠35,516	7002965000000000000♠965	19°58′34″N 76°24′35″W / 19.97611°N 76.40972°W / 19.97611; -76.40972 (Chivirico)	Chivirico
Mella	7004336670000000000♠33,667	7002335200000000000♠335.2	20°22′10″N 75°54′39″W / 20.36944°N 75.91083°W / 20.36944; -75.91083 (Mella)
Palma Soriano	7005124585000000000♠124,585	7002845800000000000♠845.8	20°12′51″N 75°59′30″W / 20.21417°N 75.99167°W / 20.21417; -75.99167 (Palma Soriano)
San Luis	7004884960000000000♠88,496	7002765000000000000♠765	20°11′17″N 75°50′55″W / 20.18806°N 75.84861°W / 20.18806; -75.84861 (San Luis)
Santiago de Cuba	7005472255000000000♠472,255	7003102380000000000♠1,023.8	20°02′25″N 75°48′53″W / 20.04028°N 75.81472°W / 20.04028; -75.81472 (Santiago de Cuba)	Provincial caipital
Segundo Frente	7004408850000000000♠40,885	7002540000000000000♠540	20°24′43″N 75°31′43″W / 20.41194°N 75.52861°W / 20.41194; -75.52861 (Mayarí Arriba)	Mayarí Arriba
Songo – La Maya	7005100287000000000♠100,287	7002721000000000000♠721	20°10′24″N 75°38′46″W / 20.17333°N 75.64611°W / 20.17333; -75.64611 (La Maya)	La Maya
Tercer Frente	7004304570000000000♠30,457	7002364000000000000♠364	20°10′19″N 76°19′38″W / 20.17194°N 76.32722°W / 20.17194; -76.32722 (Cruce de los Baños)	Cruce de los Baños

Source: Population from 2004 Census.^[2] Area from 1976 municipal re-distribution.^[3]

Demographics

In 2004, the province o Santiago De Cuba haed a population o 1,043,202.^[2] Wi a tot aurie o 6,156.44 km² (2,377.01 sq mi),^[4] the province haed a population density o 169.4/km² (439/sq mi).

See an aw

References

1 2 "Lugar que ocupa el territorio según la superficie y la población" (PDF). Una MIRADA a Cuba (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas. Cuba. 2010. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 11 Mairch 2019. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2012.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
1 2 Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality". Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2007."Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link) (in Spaingie) Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "atenas" defined multiple times wi different content
↑ Statoids (2003). "Municipios of Cuba". Retrieved 6 October 2007. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ Government of Cuba (2002). "Population by Province". Archived frae the original on 8 Julie 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2007. (in Spaingie)

Freemit airtins

[cubaone-1] 1 2 "Lugar que ocupa el territorio según la superficie y la población" (PDF). Una MIRADA a Cuba (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas. Cuba. 2010. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 11 Mairch 2019. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2012.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)

[atenas-2] 1 2 Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality". Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2007."Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link) (in Spaingie) Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "atenas" defined multiple times wi different content

[statoids-3] Statoids (2003). "Municipios of Cuba". Retrieved 6 October 2007. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[census2002-4] Government of Cuba (2002). "Population by Province". Archived frae the original on 8 Julie 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2007. (in Spaingie)

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