Official Name: | Contramaestre |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Cuba |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Santiago de Cuba |
Area Total Km2: | 610.3 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 104,334 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 20.3°N -76.2506°W |
Elevation M: | 110 |
Area Code: | +53-226 |
Website: | https://www.contramaestre.gob.cu/ |
Contramaestre (Spanish for "boatswain") is a Cuban town and municipality in the Santiago de Cuba Province.
The municipality is located in the western part of the province, neighboring the provinces of Granma and Holguín; and borders with the municipalities of Jiguaní, Urbano Noris, Palma Soriano and Tercer Frente.
It includes the villages of Altos de Ventas, Anacahuita, America Libre, Baire, El Naranjo, Guaninao, La Maritonia, Laguna Blanca, Los Negros, Los Pasos, Maffo, Palo Seco, Pino de Baire, Pueblo Nuevo and Xavier.
In 2022, municipal population of Contramaestre was of 104,334,[2] of which 44,752 in the town. With a total area of 610km2, it has a population density of 166.9/km2. Contramaestre is known as the land of citric.