Santiago de Cuba Province

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Santiago de Cuba Province

Santiago de Cuba Province is the second most populated province in the island of Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
. The largest city Santiago de Cuba

Santiago de Cuba

Santiago de Cuba is the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island nation of Cuba, some east south-east of the Cuban capital of Havana....
is the main administrative center. Other large cities include Palma Soriano

Palma Soriano

"Palma Soriano is a municipality in the Santiago de Cuba Province of Cuba.The municipality is divided into the localite of Alto Cedro, Caney del Sitio, Guaninao, Jos? Mart?, Juan Bar?n, La Concepci?n, Las Cuchillas, Los Dorados, Norte, Palmarito de Cauto, San Leandro, San Ram?n, Santa Filomena and Sur....
, Contramaestre

Contramaestre, Cuba

Contramaestre is a municipality in the Santiago de Cuba Province of Cuba....
, Mayarí Arriba, San Luis

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....
and Songo-la Maya.

iago de Cuba province has been the site of many battle

Battle

Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, wherein each group will seek to defeat the others within the scope of a military campaign, and are well defined in duration, area and force commitment....
s, both during the war for independence and the 1959 Cuban Revolution

Cuban Revolution

The Cuban Revolution was a revolution that led to the overthrow of the Dictator government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista on January 1, 1959 by the 26th of July movement and other revolutionary organizations....
, where much of the guerrilla

Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is the Irregular warfare warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile Military tactics to combat a larger and less mobile formal army....
fighting took place in the mountainous province.

Prior to 1976, Cuba was divided into six historical provinces

Provinces of Cuba

Administrative division, Cuba is divided into fourteen provinces and one special municipality....
.

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Santiago de Cuba Province is the second most populated province in the island of Cuba

Cuba

Santiago de Cuba

Palma Soriano

Contramaestre, Cuba

Contramaestre is a municipality in the Santiago de Cuba Province of Cuba....
, Mayarí Arriba, San Luis

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....
and Songo-la Maya.

History

Santiago de Cuba province has been the site of many battle

Battle

Cuban Revolution

Guerrilla warfare

Provinces of Cuba

Administrative division, Cuba is divided into fourteen provinces and one special municipality....
. One of these was Oriente

Oriente

Oriente was one of six provinces of Cuba until 1976. It was known as "Santiago de Cuba Province" before 1905. The name is still used to refer to the eastern part of the country....
province, which was, prior to 1905, known as Santiago de Cuba province. The present day province comprises the south-central region of Oriente.

Economy

The province is rich in material resources such as iron

Iron

Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. Iron is a Group 8 element and period 4 element. Iron is lustrous and silvery in color....
and nickel

Nickel

Nickel is a chemical element, with the chemical symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge....
. The economy, however, relies mostly on agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
, with large plantations growing banana

Banana

File:Banana and cross section.jpgBanana is the common name for a fruit and also the herbaceous plants of the genus Musa which produce this commonly eaten fruit....
s, cacao

Cacao

Cacao , or the cocoa plant, is a small evergreen tree in the family Sterculiaceae , native to the deep tropical region of the Americas. There are two prominent competing hypotheses about the origins of the original wild Theobroma cacao tree....
and coffee

Coffee

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, of the Coffea. Caffeinated coffee has a stimulating effect in humans....
dotting the landscape. Industry is growing around the capital, as is tourism

Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from...
. The natural beauty of the area is attracting many tourists from both the rest of Cuba and from overseas.

Municipalities

Municipality	Population (2004)	Area (km²)	Location	Remarks
Contramaestre Contramaestre, Cuba Contramaestre is a municipality in the Santiago de Cuba Province of Cuba....
Guamá Guamá, Cuba Guam? is a municipality in the Santiago de Cuba Province of Cuba. It is located in the south-west of the province, and contains most of the Caribbean Sea coast west of Santiago de Cuba....				Chivirico
Mella Mella, Cuba Mella is a municipality in the Santiago de Cuba Province of Cuba. It is located north of Palma Soriano....
Palma Soriano
San Luis 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....
Santiago de Cuba				Provincial capital
Segundo Frente				Mayarí Arriba
Songo-La Maya				La Maya
Tercer Frente Tercer Frente, Cuba Tecer Frente is a municipality in the Santiago de Cuba Province of Cuba. It is located in the western part of the province, neighboring the province of Granma Province, and is centered around the town of Cruce de los Banos....				Cruce de los Baños

Source: Population from 2004 Census. Area from 1976 municipal re-distribution.

Demographics

In 2004, the province of Santiago De Cuba had a population of 1,043,202. With a total area of , the province had a population density of .

Santiago de Cuba Province

History

Economy

Municipalities

Demographics

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