Santiago de Cuba

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Santiago de Cuba is a major city in southeastern Cuba known for its rich Afro-Cuban cultural heritage, historic role in the Cuban Revolution, and vibrant music and carnival traditions.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Santiago de Cuba canonical 100
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba 4
city of Santiago de Cuba 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
administrativeDivisionType municipality
associatedWithPerson Antonio Maceo
Fidel Castro
Frank País
climateClassificationKöppen Aw
coordinateLatitude 19.9667
coordinateLongitude -75.8667
country Cuba
demonym Santiaguera
Santiaguero
formerCapitalOf Cuba
foundedBy Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
foundingDate 1515
hasAirport Antonio Maceo International Airport
hasClimate tropical savanna climate
hasEthnicCulturalInfluence Afro-Cuban
Haitian
Spanish
hasHistoricSite Castillo del Morro San Pedro de la Roca
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Céspedes Park
Moncada Barracks
Santa Ifigenia Cemetery
hasImportantEvent Carnival
surface form: Carnaval de Santiago de Cuba

Fiesta del Fuego
hasPatronSaint Apostle James the Greater
surface form: Saint James the Greater
hasReligiousTradition Afro-Caribbean religions
surface form: Afro-Cuban religions

Santería
hasSportsTeam Avispas de Santiago de Cuba
hasUniversity Universidad de Oriente
isCoastalCity true
isProvincialCapitalOf Santiago de Cuba Province
isSecondLargestCityOf Cuba
knownFor Afro-Cuban cultural heritage
Cuban Revolution history
carnival celebrations
music traditions
locatedIn Santiago de Cuba Province
locatedInRegion southeastern Cuba
locatedOn Bay of Santiago de Cuba
Caribbean Sea
mainSport baseball
musicGenreAssociated bolero
son cubano
trova
tumba francesa
officialLanguage Spanish
populationEstimate around 500000
portCity true
primaryReligionTradition Roman Catholicism
roleInHistory key center of the Cuban Revolution
starting point of the 26 July 1953 attack on Moncada Barracks
timeZone Cuba Standard Time
timeZoneDST UTC−04:00
timeZoneUTCOffset UTC−05:00
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteNearby San Pedro de la Roca Castle

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

town of El Cobre roadAccessFrom Santiago de Cuba
subject surface form: El Cobre
Guillermón Moncada placeOfActivity Santiago de Cuba
Daiquirí, Cuba locatedNear Santiago de Cuba
Siboney, Cuba near Santiago de Cuba
Kettle Hill near Santiago de Cuba
San Juan Heights locatedIn Santiago de Cuba
El Caney locatedNear Santiago de Cuba
southern Cuba containsCity Santiago de Cuba
subject surface form: Southern Cuba
Almirante Oquendo homePortDuringWar Santiago de Cuba