Santa Cruz del Sur is a town and municipality in
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
. It is located in
Camagüey Province
Camagüey () is the largest of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Camagüey. Other towns include Florida and Nuevitas.
Geography
Camagüey is mostly low lying, with no major hills or mountain ranges passing through the province. Numerous la ...
south of the provincial capital of
Camagüey. It lies on the
Caribbean coast.
Geography
The municipality is divided into the
barrios of Buenaventura, Doce Leguas, El Junco, Gonzalo de Quesada, Guaicanamar, Guayabal, La Calzada, Playa Bonita, San Pedro and Yaguabo.
History
The city has a special place in history due to its total destruction by the
storm surge during the
catastrophic hurricane of 1932 beginning late on November 8, 1932. In a few hours, approximately at 10:00 am of November 9, the city disappeared under the sea, and more than 3,000 of its inhabitants drowned or were crushed by flying debris carried by winds in excess of 135 mph (215 km/h). Why a select number of survivors escaped the storm, and why the town was not evacuated prior to landfall, persist as questions. The hurricane was rumored to be destined for landfall far east of Santa Cruz, and when notification arrived about the town's peril, landfall was imminent. The last departing trains for evacuation failed to depart due to the storm surge. Fishermen of Santa Cruz were said to have predicted the event, apparently suspecting that "something wrong was brewing in the atmosphere." Survivors provided horrifying testimonies in the wake of a storm that literally drowned people in their homes.
Hurricane Paloma
Hurricane Paloma was the seventh most intense November Atlantic hurricane on record. It was the sixteenth tropical storm, eighth hurricane and fifth major hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. A late-season hurricane, it set several r ...
also made landfall there 76 years later on the same night in 2008 with 100 mph (160 km/h) winds.
Demographics
In 2004, the municipality of Santa Cruz del Sur had a population of 51,335.
With a total area of ,
it has a population density of In 2007 the town of Santa Cruz del Sur had 16,600 residents.
See also
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Santa Cruz del Sur Municipal Museum
Santa Cruz del Sur Municipal Museum is a museum located in Santa Cruz del Sur, Cuba. It was established on 30 December 1982.
The museum holds collections on history, weaponry, decorative arts and archeology.
See also
* List of museums in Cuba ...
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List of cities in Cuba
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Municipalities of Cuba
The provinces of Cuba are divided into 168 municipalities or ''municipios''. They were defined by Cuban Law Number 1304 of July 3, 1976Fifth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, Vol. II, published by the United N ...
References
External links
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Populated places in Camagüey Province