Santa Cruz del Sur

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subdivision_name1 = Camagüey
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longd= 77|longm= 59|longs= 28|longEW=W
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footnotes = Santa Cruz del Sur is a town and municipality in Cuba. It is located in Camagüey Province south of the provincial capital of Camagüey. It lies on the Caribbean coast.

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.Cite web|url=http://www.guije.com/pueblo/municipios/csanta/index.htm|title=Santa Cruz del Sur|author=Guije.com|accessdate=2007-10-05 Es icon]

History

The city has a special place in history due to its total destruction by flooding during the catastrophic hurricane in November 1932. [es icon [http://www.cadenagramonte.cubaweb.cu/historia/santa_cruz_sur.asp Testimonies of the disaster] ] In a few hours, between dawn and midmorning, the city disappeared under the sea, and more than 3000 of its inhabitants drowned or were crushed by flying debris carried by winds in excess of 200 kilometers/hour. 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 flooding. 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.

Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of Santa Cruz del Sur had a population of 51,335.Cite web| url=http://www.atenas.inf.cu/todo/Estadisticas/TABLA%20No_3balance.htm| title=2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality| author= Atenas.cu| year= 2004| accessdate=2007-10-05 Es icon] With a total area of km2 to mi2|1122|abbr=yes|wiki=yes,Cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/ycu.html|title=Municipios of Cuba|author=Statoids| accessdate=2007-10-05 ] it has a population density of Pop density km2 to mi2|45.8|abbr=yes.

ee also

*List of cities in Cuba

References