Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Provincia Santiago de Cuba | |
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Night skyline Cathedral Basilica of Santiago de Cuba Casa de Diego Velázquez Museo de la Lucha Clandestina Basílica del Cobre Cayo Granma | |
.png) 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 |
| Established | 1515 |
| Founded by | Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yaneydis Batista Hechavarría |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,227.78 km2 (2,404.56 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 82 m (269 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,053,837 |
| • Rank | 2nd in Cuba |
| • Seat | 513,784[2] |
| Demonym | santiaguero/a |
| GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values) | |
| • Year | 2023 |
| • Total | $6.2 billion[3] |
| • Per capita | $14,000 |
| Area code | +53 22 |
| Website | santiaguero |
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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.
In fact it was the first city developed in Cuba by Spain and is a World Heritage Site.
References
- ↑ Santiago de Cuba (Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba)
- ↑ "Santiago de Cuba (Cuba)".
- ↑ "TelluBase—Cuba Fact Sheet" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.