Jatibonico
Municipality in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba
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Jatibonico is a municipality and town in the Sancti Spíritus Province of Cuba.
Jatibonico | |
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.png) Jatibonico municipality (red) within Sancti Spíritus Province (yellow) and Cuba | |
| Coordinates: 21°56′47″N 79°10′3″W | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Province | Sancti Spíritus |
| Established | April 1904 |
| Area | |
• Total | 765 km2 (295 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 347 m (1,138 ft) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 42,027 |
| • Density | 54.9/km2 (142/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (EST) |
| Postal code | 62200 |
| Area code | +53-41-88xxxx |
| Website | https://jatibonico.gob.cu/ |
Demographics
Catholic Parish Church
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]
Jatibonico Oil Field
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]
