Cabaiguán
title: "Cabaiguán" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-in-cuba", "populated-places-in-sancti-spíritus-province", "populated-places-established-in-1894"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaiguán" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Cabaiguán |
| nickname | Pueblo de los Berracos |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| image_skyline | Cabaiguán 1.jpg |
| image_caption | A road in town's centre |
| image_shield | Escudo Cabaiguán.png |
| shield_size | 120x90px |
| image_map | Cabaiguán (Cuban municipal map).png |
| map_caption | Cabaiguán municipality (red) within |
| Sancti Spíritus Province (yellow) and Cuba | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Cuba |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Sancti Spíritus |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 1894 |
| established_title2 | Established |
| established_date2 | 1926 (Municipality) |
| established_title3 | |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 597 |
| area_land_km2 | |
| population_as_of | 2022 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 63,981 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| elevation_m | 135 |
| area_code | +53-41 |
| website | https://cabaiguan.gob.cu/ |
| :: |
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Overview
It was founded in 1894,
Demographics
In 2022, the municipality of Cabaiguán had a population of 63,981. With a total area of 597 km2, it has a population density of 110 /km2. Cabaiguan was known as the Cuban epicenter of migration from the Canary Islands.
Economy
Cabaiguán is best known for its cigars; and there is a small cigar factory where various brands of international renown are produced. It also has an oil refinery built in 1947 and the Nieves Morejon quarry, where the Provincial Prison is located.
Transport
The town straddles the Carretera Central highway and is served by the A1 motorway. It has a railway station on the central Havana-Santiago line.
References
References
- Data referred to the main town, whole municipality counts 63,981 inhabitants
- "Cabaiguán (Municipality, Cuba) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
- Guije.com. "Cabaiguán".
- "Cuba: Administrative Division (Provinces and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
- Statoids. (July 2003). "Municipios of Cuba".
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