Santiago de Cuba
city and capital of the province of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
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Summary
Santiago de Cuba is a city[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,157 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Santiago de Cuba Province[3]
- Country: Cuba[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Caribbean Sea[5]
- Instance of: municipality of Cuba[6], big city[7]
- Shares border with: Guamá[8]
- Founder: Diego Velazquez de Cuéllar[9]
- Twinned administrative body: Palermo[10], Santiago de Compostela[11], Cartagena[12], Esmeraldas[13], Lisbon[14], Maracaibo[15], Montego Bay[16], Oakland[17], Rosario[18], Sabaneta[19], Santiago de los Caballeros[20], Naples[21], Diadema[22], Saint Petersburg[23]
- Postal code: 90100[24], 90200[25], 90300[26], 90400[27], 90500[28], 90600[29], 90700[30], 90800[31], 90900[32], 91000[33], 91100[34], 91200[35], 91300[36], 91400[37]
- Commons category: Santiago de Cuba[38]
- Patron saint: St. James the Elder[39]
- Located in time zone: UTC−05:00[40]
- Local dialing code: 22[41]
- Inception: 1514[42]
- Significant event: Siege of Santiago[43]
- Topic's main category: Category:Santiago de Cuba[44]
- Population: 509,143[45], 444,851[46]
- Described by source: Larousse Encyclopedia online[47], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[48], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[49], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[50], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[51], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[52]
- Capital of: Santiago de Cuba Province[53]
- Official name: Santiago de Cuba[54]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Santiago de Cuba[55]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Santiago de Cuba[56]
- Demonym: santiagueiro[57]
- Native label: Santiago de Cuba[58]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Santiago de Cuba[59]
Why It Matters
Santiago de Cuba has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]