San Luis, Santiago de Cuba

San Luis
San Luis
Municipality
	San Luis municipality (red) within ; Santiago Province (yellow) and Cuba
	Coordinates: 20°11′17″N 75°50′55″W / 20.18806°N 75.84861°W
Country	Cuba
Province	Santiago de Cuba
Established	1827
Area
• Total	498 km2 (192 sq mi)
Elevation	200 m (660 ft)
Population (2022)
• Total	77,519
• Density	156/km2 (403/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
Area code	+53-2248
Website	https://www.sanluis.gob.cu/es/

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.

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.^[2] With a total area of 498 km² (192 sq mi), it has a population density of 160/km² (410/sq mi).

The municipality is divided into the barrios of Dos Caminos, La Luz, Majaguabo, Monte Dos Leguas, Norte and Sur.^[1]

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