Palma Soriano
Palma Soriano District
Distrito de Palma Soriano | |
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UTC-5 (EST) | |
Postal code | 92610 |
Area code | +53 22 |
Website | https://www.palmasoriano.gob.cu/ |
Palma Soriano is a Cuban city and municipality in the Santiago de Cuba Province. With a population of 119,740 in the city proper, it is the second-largest in the province and the 16th-largest in Cuba.
History
The city was founded in 1825, uniting ranches (
Geography
The city of Palma Soriano is located on the banks of the upper
Until the 1976 national municipal reform, it included the localities of
Demographics
In 2022, the municipality of Palma Soriano had a population of 119,740.[2] With a total area of 846 km2 (327 sq mi), it has a population density of 140/km2 (360/sq mi).
Transport
The city is crossed in the middle by the state highway "Carretera Central" (CC), the longest highway in Cuba. It is served by two exits (one in the nearby hamlet of Dos Ríos) of the A1 motorway, on the Palma-Santiago de Cuba section.
Palma Soriano
Personalities
- Orestes Kindelán (b. 1964), baseball player
- Jorge Molina Enríquez (b. 1966), actor and film director
- Ana Fidelia Quirot (b. 1963), field and track athlete
- Mey Vidal (b. 1984), Latin Reggae singer
Twin towns
See also
References
- ^ a b Guije.com. "Palma Soriano" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-10-05.
- ^ a b "Cuba: Administrative Division (Provinces and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ^ 5919051 Palma Soriano on OpenStreetMap
- ^ Info at the Berkeley-Palma Soriano Sister City Association website
External links
- (in Spanish) Palma Soriano on Guije