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Santiago de Cuba
Cubacity
Santiago de Cuba
Total population
433,406
Founded
1514
Demographic figures from ONEI Cuba. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Sister cities
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city in Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province. It lies in the southeastern area of the island, some 870 km (540 mi) southeast of the Cuban capital of Havana.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Cuban EmeraldRiccordia ricordii (Gervais, 1835) · Aves1,215
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves1,208
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves1,194
- Cuban BlackbirdDives atroviolaceus (Orbigny, 1839) · Aves952
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves931
- Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves926
- House SparrowPasser domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves900
- Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves827
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 5.9 — 2024-12-2341 km SSW of Guisa, Cuba
- M 4.6 — 2024-10-1737 km S of El Cobre, Cuba
- M 4.5 — 2024-09-0757 km SSE of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- M 4.3 — 2024-06-102 km SSE of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- M 3.3 — 2023-02-24Cuba region
- M 3.8 — 2022-06-2843 km ESE of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Santiago de Cuba

![D[on] Sebastian Kindelan y O-Regan, caballero del Orden de Santiago, coronel de los reales exércitos, gobernador militar y politico de la ciudad de Santiago de Cuba y su partido, intendente subdelegado de Real Hacienda en su distrito, por S[u] M[agestad] &c](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/11862508-M.jpg)


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Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library