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San Luis is a town and municipality in the Santiago de Cuba Province of Cuba. It is located 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. With a total area of , it has a population density of .
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
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
See also
- List of cities in Cuba
- Municipalities of Cuba