San Luis is a municipality and town in the
Pinar del Río Province
Pinar del Río is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is at the western end of the island of Cuba.
Geography
The Pinar del Río province is Cuba's westernmost province and contains one of Cuba's three main mountain ranges, the Cordillera de Guanig ...
of
Cuba
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. It is centered mainly on agriculture (
tobacco
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,
rice
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, fruit crops),
stock
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raising.
History
It was founded in 1827,
[ and established as a municipality in 1879, when it split from ]San Juan y Martínez
San Juan y Martínez () is a municipality and town in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba.
Overview
Its economy is centered mainly on agriculture and the crop of its farmers, the largest of which being tobacco. In Cuba, San Juan y Martinez is kn ...
. Until 1977, its territory included the seaport village of La Coloma, currently part of Pinar del Río.La Coloma
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Geography
The municipality is located west of
Pinar del Río
Pinar del Río is the capital city of Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. With a population of 139,336 (2004) in a municipality of 190,332, it is the List of cities in Cuba, 10th-largest city in Cuba. Inhabitants of the area are called ''Pinareños'' ...
and includes the villages of Barbacoa, Barrigonas, Buenavista, El Corojo, El Retiro, Llanadas, Palizada, Santa María and Tirado.
Demographics
In 2004, the municipality of San Luis had a population of 34,085.
With a total area of ,
it has a population density of .
See also
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Municipalities of Cuba
The Provinces of Cuba, provinces of Cuba are divided into 168 municipality, municipalities or ''municipios''. They were defined by Cuban Law Number 1304 of July 3, 1976Fifth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, Vo ...
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List of cities in Cuba
This is a list of cities in Cuba with at least 20,000 inhabitants, listed in descending order. Population data refers to city proper and not to the whole municipality, because they include large rural areas with several villages. All figu ...
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San Luis Municipal Museum
References
External links
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Populated places in Pinar del Río Province
Populated places established in 1827
1827 establishments in the Spanish Empire
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