Fomento

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|settlement_type = Municipality

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|map_caption = Fomento municipality (red) within
Sancti Spíritus Province (yellow) and Cuba

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|subdivision_name1 = Sancti Spíritus

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|established_title = Founded

|established_date = 1864

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|established_date2 = 1933 (Municipality

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|area_total_km2 = 471

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|population_total = 31,131

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|timezone = EST

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|website = https://fomento.gob.cu/

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Fomento is a town and municipality in the Sancti Spíritus Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1864.

Geography

The municipality is divided into the barrios of Fomento (municipal seat) and the village of Jíquimas.{{Cite web|url=http://www.guije.com/pueblo/municipios/vfomento/index.htm|title=Fomento|author=Guije.com|accessdate=2007-10-07|language=es}} Until 1976 the villages of Juan Bravo and Güinía de Miranda were part of Fomento, when they passed in the new province of Villa Clara, as part of the municipality of Manicaragua.

Demographics

In 2022, the municipality of Fomento had a population of 31,131.{{Cite web |title=Cuba: Administrative Division (Provinces and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/cuba/admin/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=www.citypopulation.de}} With a total area of {{convert|471|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}},{{Cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/ycu.html|title=Municipios of Cuba|author=Statoids|date=July 2003| accessdate=2007-10-07}} it has a population density of {{convert|66|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}.