San Luis, Santiago de Cuba

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Country Cuba Established 1827 Time zone EST (UTC-5) Area 498 km²		Province Santiago de Cuba Elevation 200 m (700 ft) Area code(s) +53-2248 Local time Monday 8:53 PM

Weather 21°C, Wind NE at 14 km/h, 73% Humidity

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.

Map of San Luis, Cuba

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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. 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.

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

San Luis, Santiago de Cuba Wikipedia

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