Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba | |
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Night Skyline Casa de Diego Velazquez Museo de La Lucha Clandestina Cayo Granma | |
| Motto(s): Rebelde ayer, hospitalaria hoy, heroica siempre (Spanish) ("Rebellious yesterday, hospitable today, always heroic") | |
Santiago municipality (red) within Santiago Province (yellow) and Cuba | |
| Coordinates: 20°01′18″N 75°49′46″W / 20.02167°N 75.82944°W | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Province | Santiago de Cuba |
| Established | 1515 |
| Founded by | Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yaneydis Batista Hechavarría |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 1,023.8 km2 (395.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 82 m (269 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| 507,167 | |
| • Rank | 2nd in Cuba |
| • Urban | 451,528 |
| • Rural | 55,639 |
| Demonym | santiaguero/a |
| GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values) | |
| • Year | 2023 |
| • Total | $6.2 billion |
| • Per capita | $14,000 |
| Area code | +53 22 |
| Website | www |
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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), and contains the communities of Antonio Maceo, Bravo, Castillo Duany, Daiquirí, El Caney, El Cobre, El Cristo, Guilera, Leyte Vidal, Moncada and Siboney.
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.