Santiago de Cuba
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Santiago de Cuba is the seicont lairgest ceety o Cuba an caipital ceety o Santiago de Cuba Province in the sooth-eastren aurie o the island, some 540 mile (870 km) sooth-east o the Cuban caipital o Havana.
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Santiago de Cuba | |
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Ceety | |
Location o Santiago de Cuba in Cuba | |
Coordinates: 20°01′11.4″N 75°48′50.1″W | |
Kintra | Cuba |
Province | Santiago de Cuba |
Established | 1515 |
Area | |
• Total | 1023.8 km2 (395.3 sq mi) |
Elevation | 82 m (269 ft) |
Population (2004)[1] | |
• Total | 472,255 |
• Density | 461.3/km2 (1,195/sq mi) |
Area code(s) | +53-22 |
Website | Santiago.cu |
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The municipality extends ower 1,023.8 square kilometer (395.3 sq mi),[2] an contains the communities o El Caney, Guilera, Antonio Maceo, Bravo, Castillo Duany, Leyte Vidal an Moncada.[3]
Historically Santiago de Cuba haes lang been the seicont maist important ceety on the island efter Havana, an still remains the seicont lairgest. It is on a bay connectit tae the Caribbean Sea an is an important sea port. In 2004 the ceety o Santiago de Cuba haed a population o aboot 494,337 fowk.[4]