San Luis is a town and municipality in the Santiago de Cuba Province of Cuba. It is located north of Santiago de Cuba. History The city was founded in 1827 on the location of a ranch. Arrival of the railroad accelerated its development. San Luis achieved municipality status on 19 August 1898. Demographics In 2004, the municipality of San Luis had a population of 88,496. With a total area of , it has a population density of . The municipality is divided into the barrios of Dos Caminos, La Luz, Majaguabo, Monte Dos Leguas, Norte and Sur. Economy It is a railroad junction Agriculture: processing and trading of sugarcane, coffee, fruit, coffee roasting Stock raising Mining: manganese deposits Industry: sugar mills Rafael Reyes (NNE) and Paquito Rosales (NE) are located nearby Personalities Antonio Maceo y Grajales - Liberation Army General (The Bronze Titan) Ibrahim Ferrer - Son Singer Félix B. Caignet - Writer - El derecho de nacer Barbara Moya Montoya -Derecho de Autor- Compositora - Canciones Augusto Rivero Más - Architect Pedro Meurice Estíu - Archbishop, Santiago de Cuba Luis Garzón Masabó - Artist Cándido Fabré - Songwriter and Singer Justo Salas Arzuaga - First Afro-Cuban Mayor of City of Santiago de Cuba 1940-1945/First Afro-Cuban Governor of Oriente, Cuba 1956) Europa Casadevall Sola (la mujer mas bella del mundo) hija de Pedro Casadevall y Maria Sola See also List of cities in Cuba Municipalities of Cuba References External links Cities in Cuba Populated places in Santiago de Cuba Province Populated places established in 1827 1827 establishments in the Spanish Empire