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
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