San Luis, Santiago de Cuba

San Luis is a town and municipality in the Santiago de Cuba Province of Cuba. It is located 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 2022, the municipality of San Luis had a population of 77,519. With a total area of , it has a population density of .

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

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

Notable people

• María Cabrales - independence activist, revolutionary and nurse
• Félix B. Caignet - Writer - El derecho de nacer
• Cándido Fabré - Songwriter and Singer
• Ibrahim Ferrer - Son Singer
• Antonio Maceo - Liberation Army General (The Bronze Titan)
• Barbara Moya Montoya -Derecho de Autor- Compositora - Canciones
• Augusto Rivero Más - Architect
• Pedro Meurice Estíu - Archbishop, Santiago de Cuba
• Luis Garzón Masabó - Artist
• 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

See also

• List of cities in Cuba
• Municipalities of Cuba

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