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Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba · North America
About Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba sits on the route: 25 minutes from El Cobre.
Santiago de Cuba is in Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba, with about 560,000 people. The nearest town is El Cobre, about 13 km away.
Santiago de Cuba (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ðe ˈkuβa]) 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),Read more
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 has been the second-most important city on the island after Havana, and remains the second-largest. It lies on a bay connected to the Caribbean Sea and is an important sea port. In 2022, the city of Santiago de Cuba recorded a population of 507,167 people.
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The nearest famous roads are La Farola.
Where is Santiago de Cuba?
Santiago de Cuba is in Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba, about 13 km from El Cobre.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 555,865
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Cuba
- Region
- Santiago de Cuba Province
- Timezone
- America/Havana
- Coordinates
- 20.0229, -75.8217
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Year-round
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