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| Capital: || [[Santiago de Cuba]]
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| Area: || 6,315[[square kilometre|km²]]
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| Inhabitants: || 1,049,084
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| Population Density: || 168.32 per [[square kilometre|km²]]
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[[Image:Escudo de la Provincia Santiago de Cuba.png|right|200px]]
'''Santiago de Cuba Province''' is the second most populated province in the island of [[Cuba]]. It has a population of about 1.2 million people. The largest city [[Santiago de Cuba]] (554,000) is its main administrative center. Other large cities include [[Palma Soriano]] (125,000), [[Contramaestre]] (88,000), [[Mayarí Arriba, Cuba|Mayarí Arriba]] (80,000), [[San Luis, Santiago de Cuba|San Luis]] (65,000) and [[La Maya, Cuba|Songo-la Maya]] (50,000). 

The province has many material resources such as [[iron]] and [[nickel]]. The economy, however, relies mostly on [[agriculture]], with large [[plantation]]s growing [[banana]]s, [[cacao]] and [[coffee]] dotting the landscape. Industry is growing around the capital, as is [[tourism]]. The natural beauty of the area is attracting many tourists from both the rest of Cuba and from overseas.

Santiago de Cuba province has been the site of many [[battle]]s, both during the war for independence and the [[1959]] [[Cuban Revolution]], where much of the [[guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] fighting took place in the mountainous province.

== Municipalities ==

# [[Contramaestre]]
# [[Chivirico]]
# [[Mella]]
# [[Palma Soriano]]
# [[San Luis, Santiago de Cuba|San Luis]]
# [[Santiago de Cuba]]
# [[Mayarí Arriba]]
# [[La Maya]]
# [[Cruce de los Baños]]

== Historical use of the name ==
Before 1976, Cuba was divided into six provinces. One of these was [[Oriente]] province, which was, prior to 1905, known as Santiago de Cuba province. See [[Provinces of Cuba#History|Historical provinces of Cuba]].

== Other websites ==
* [http://www.santiago.cu/ Santiago.cu (in spanish)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222220718/http://www.santiago.cu/ |date=2014-12-22 }}
* [http://www.santiago-de-cuba.net/ Travel info on Santiago de Cuba]
* [http://www.santiagoencuba.com/ santiagoencuba.com (in spanish)]

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