municipality of Santiago de Cuba

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The municipality of Santiago de Cuba is an important administrative region in southeastern Cuba centered on the country’s second-largest city, known for its rich Afro-Cuban culture, revolutionary history, and major Caribbean port.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
municipality
borderedBy Caribbean Sea
capital Santiago de Cuba
climate tropical savanna climate
contains Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre
Castillo del Morro (Santiago de Cuba)
Céspedes Park (Santiago de Cuba)
linked to: Céspedes Park

El Cobre
Moncada Barracks
Santa Ifigenia Cemetery
Santiago de Cuba (city)
linked to: Santiago de Cuba

Sierra Maestra foothills
country Cuba
demographicsCharacteristic large Afro-Cuban population
governingBody Municipal Assembly of People’s Power of Santiago de Cuba
hasCulturalHeritage Afro-Cuban religious practices
Cuban Carnival of Santiago de Cuba
son cubano music tradition
hasIndustry food processing
metalworking
port activities
rum production
tourism
hasPart city of Santiago de Cuba
linked to: Santiago de Cuba
hasPort Port of Santiago de Cuba
historicalEvent 1953 attack on Moncada Barracks
proclamation of victory of the Cuban Revolution in 1959
historicalSignificance center of Cuban independence struggles
key site in the Cuban Revolution
knownFor Afro-Cuban culture
Caribbean port
revolutionary history
largestCity Santiago de Cuba
locatedIn Santiago de Cuba Province
southeastern Cuba
locatedNear Sierra Maestra mountains
locatedOn Bay of Santiago de Cuba
Caribbean Sea
namedAfter Santiago (Saint James)
observesDaylightSavingTime UTC−04:00
officialLanguage Spanish
partOf Republic of Cuba
linked to: Cuba
secondLargestUrbanAreaOf Cuba
timeZone Cuba Standard Time
UTC−05:00
transportHub Antonio Maceo International Airport
Santiago de Cuba railway station

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El Cobre partOf municipality of Santiago de Cuba
subject linked to: town of El Cobre
Siboney, Cuba partOf municipality of Santiago de Cuba
historic center of Santiago de Cuba contains Ayuntamiento de Santiago de Cuba
linked to: municipality of Santiago de Cuba