| Official Name: | Jatibonico |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Cuba |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Sancti Spíritus |
| Established Date: | April 1904 |
| Area Total Km2: | 765 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Total: | 42,027 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 21.9464°N -79.1675°W |
| Elevation M: | 347 |
| Postal Code: | 62200 |
| Area Code: | +53-41-88xxxx |
| Website: | https://jatibonico.gob.cu/ |
Jatibonico is a municipality and town in the Sancti Spíritus Province of Cuba.
In 2022, the municipality of Jatibonico had a population of 42,027.[1] With a total area of 765km2,[2] it has a population density of 55/km2.
A gallery of stained glass windows can be found at Jatibonico's St. Joseph Catholic Parish Church, unique in its kind in the whole of Cuba.[3]
The Jatibonico Oil Field was discovered in the early 1950s by Grupo Jarueca after surface oil seeps were noticed in the area. Oil was discovered at a depth of about 1,100 feet in a marly shale within a structural high. This was the first new field discovered in the post-World War II era and the start of several more fields in the Central Basin of Cuba.[4]