Palma Soriano

Palma Soriano District
Distrito de Palma Soriano
Palma Soriano District Distrito de Palma Soriano
District
	Coat of arms
	Palma Soriano municipality location in Cuba.
	Coordinates: 20°12′50″N75°59′31″W / 20.21389°N 75.99194°W
Country	Cuba
Province	Oriente
Municipality	Santiago de Cuba
Established	1825
Area
• Total	845.8 km2 (326.6 sq mi)
Elevation	150 m (490 ft)
Population (2022)
• Total	119,740
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Demonym	Palmero/a
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
Postal code	92610
Area code	+53 22
Website	https://www.palmasoriano.gob.cu/

Last updated February 04, 2024

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 ( haciendas ) that stood in this area, and was the place where the body of José Martí (the leader of the Cuban independence movement, killed in 1895, in the Battle of Dos Ríos) was brought before it was laid in its final resting place in Santiago de Cuba.

Geography

The city of Palma Soriano is located on the banks of the upper Cauto River. The municipality is divided into the localities of Aguacate, Arroyo Blanco, Candonga, Dos Palmas, Dos Ríos, El Maniel, Hatillo, Hicotea, La Candelaria, La Curia, Oriente, Ramón de Guaninao, Soledad, Yarayabo and other minor localities.^[3]

Until the 1976 national municipal reform, it included the localities of Alto Cedro, Caney del Sitio, Guaninao, José Martí, Juan Barón, La Concepción, Las Cuchillas, Los Dorados, Norte, Palmarito de Cauto, San Leandro, San Ramón, Santa Filomena and Sur.^[1]

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 railway station is part of the San Luis-Bayamo line, and is served by trains to/from Santiago de Cuba, Guantánamo and Manzanillo.

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

Berkeley (California, USA)^[4]

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References

1 2 Guije.com. "Palma Soriano" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-10-05.
1 2 "Cuba: Administrative Division (Provinces and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
↑ 5919051 (x a j h) Palma Soriano on OpenStreetMap
↑ Info at the Berkeley-Palma Soriano Sister City Association website

External links

(in Spanish) Palma Soriano on Guije

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[guije-1] 1 2 Guije.com. "Palma Soriano" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-10-05.

[citypopulation-2] 1 2 "Cuba: Administrative Division (Provinces and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-03.

[3] 5919051 (x a j h) Palma Soriano on OpenStreetMap

[4] Info at the Berkeley-Palma Soriano Sister City Association website

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