San Luis, Santiago de Cuba

San Luis
San Luis
	Municipality
	Coat of arms
	San Luis municipality (red) within ; Santiago Province (yellow) and Cuba
	Coordinates: 20°11′17″N 75°50′55″W
Country	Cuba
Province	Santiago de Cuba
Established	1827[1]
Area
• Total	498 km2 (192 sq mi)
Elevation	200 m (700 ft)
Population (2004)[2]
• Total	88,496
• Density	177.7/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
Area code(s)	+53-2248

San Luis is a town and municipality in the Santiago de Cuba Province of Cuba. It is located 19 km (12 mi) north of Santiago de Cuba.

History

The city was founded in 1827 on the location of a ranch. Arrival of the railroad accelerated its development. San Luis achieved municipality status on 19 August 1898.

Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of San Luis had a population of 88,496.[2] With a total area of 498 km² (192 sq mi), it has a population density of 177.7/km² (460/sq mi).

The municipality is divided into the barrios of Dos Caminos, La Luz, Majaguabo, Monte Dos Leguas, Norte and Sur.[1]

Economy

It is a railroad junction
Agriculture: processing and trading of sugarcane, coffee, fruit, coffee roasting
Stock raising
Mining: manganese deposits
Industry: sugar mills Rafael Reyes (NNE) and Paquito Rosales (NE) are located nearby

Personalities

Antonio Maceo y Grajales - Liberation Army General (The Bronze Titan)
Ibrahim Ferrer - Son Singer
Félix B. Caignet - Writer - El derecho de nacer
Barbara Moya Montoya -Derecho de Autor- Compositora - Canciones
Augusto Rivero Más - Architect
Pedro Meurice Estíu - Archbishop, Santiago de Cuba
Luis Garzón Masabó - Artist
Cándido Fabré - Songwriter and Singer
Justo Salas Arzuaga - First Afro-Cuban Mayor of City of Santiago de Cuba 1940-1945/First Afro-Cuban Governor of Oriente,Cuba 1956)
Europa Casadevall Sola (la mujer mas bella del mundo) hija de Pedro Casadevall y Maria Sola

References

Guije.com. "San Luis" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-10-05.
Santiago.cu (2006). "Municipalities of Santiago de Cuba" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2007-10-05.

External links

Media related to San Luis, Santiago de Cuba at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[guije-1] Guije.com. "San Luis" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-10-05.

[santiagomun-2] Santiago.cu (2006). "Municipalities of Santiago de Cuba" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2007-10-05.