Jatibonico

Jatibonico
Jatibonico
Municipality
	Jatibonico municipality (red) within ; Sancti Spíritus Province (yellow) and Cuba
	Coordinates: 21°56′47″N 79°10′3″W / 21.94639°N 79.16750°W
Country	Cuba
Province	Sancti Spíritus
Area
• Total	765 km2 (295 sq mi)
Elevation	347 m (1,138 ft)
Population (2022)
• Total	42,027
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (EST)
Area code	+53-41-88xxxx
Website	https://jatibonico.gob.cu/

Jatibonico is a municipality and town in the Sancti Spíritus Province of Cuba.

Demographics

In 2022, the municipality of Jatibonico had a population of 42,027.^[2] With a total area of 765 km² (295 sq mi),^[1] it has a population density of 55/km² (140/sq mi).

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]

Stained glass where Joseph resolved to send Mary away quietly (Matthew 1:18–25).
Stained glass representing the Sacred Family returd to Nazareth (Matthew 2:19–23).

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]