Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba is a city in Cuba. It is the country's second largest city after Havana. It is the capital of the Santiago de Cuba Province. The largest institute of higher education University of Oriente is located in the province.
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Provincia de Oriente | |
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 Santiago de Cuba (Oriente) Province highlighted ln red | |
| Coordinates: 20°01′11.4″N 75°48′50.1″W / 20.019833°N 75.813917°WCoordinates: 20°01′11.4″N 75°48′50.1″W / 20.019833°N 75.813917°W | |
| Country | Island of Cuba |
| Established | 1515 |
| Founded by | Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-council |
| Area | |
| • Municipality and Province in Cuba | 6,156 km2 (2,377 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 82 m (269 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Municipality and Province in Cuba | 1,050,446 hab |
| • Density | 461.3/km2 (1,195/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 726,553 hab |
| • Rural | 323,893 hab |
| Website | http://www.santiago.cu/ |
In fact it was the first city developed in Cuba by Spain and is a World Heritage Site.
Santiago De Cuba Media
1859 watercolor of Santiago de Cuba's plains by British geologist James Gay Sawkins
Map of Santiago de Cuba, 1898
Street in central Santiago in 1974
The tomb of Compay Segundo
The National Sanctuary of the Charity del Cobre houses the Virgin of Charity del Cobre which is the Catholic Patroness of the island of Cuba.
Boys play chess on the street, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. * * January 2003. * Note the way in which the drain cover on the street mirrors the pattern of the chessboard.
Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca in Santiago, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Costa de Morro vs oleaje insistente - I
References
- ↑ Atenas.cu (2006). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved October 5, 2007. (in Spanish)
