# Jobabo

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|official_name          = Jobabo
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'''Jobabo''' is a municipality and town in the [Las Tunas Province](/source/Las_Tunas_Province) of [Cuba](/source/Cuba). It is located in the southern part of the province, {{convert|34|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [Las Tunas](/source/Las_Tunas_(city)), the provincial capital.

==Overview==
Jobabo is named from the [taino](/source/Ta%C3%ADno_language) word jobabol, meaning ''"a place where many jobo trees grow"''.<ref name=periodico26>{{Cite web|url=http://www.periodico26.cu/english/tunas_profile/jobabo.htm |title=Jobabo |author=Periodico 26 |accessdate=2007-10-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623052104/http://www.periodico26.cu/english/tunas_profile/jobabo.htm |archivedate=2007-06-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Demographics==
In 2022, the municipality of Jobabo had a population of 40,345.<ref name="citypopulation">{{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}}</ref> With a total area of {{convert|884|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}},<ref name=statoids>{{Cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/ycu.html|title=Municipios of Cuba|author=Statoids|date=July 2003| accessdate=2007-10-06}}</ref> it has a population density of {{convert|46|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}.

==See also==
*[Municipalities of Cuba](/source/Municipalities_of_Cuba)
*[List of cities in Cuba](/source/List_of_cities_in_Cuba)

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Adjacent communities
 | Centre = Jobabo
 | N  = [Guáimaro](/source/Gu%C3%A1imaro) ([Camagüey](/source/Camag%C3%BCey_Province))
 | E  = [Las Tunas](/source/Las_Tunas_(city))
 | SE = [Río Cauto](/source/R%C3%ADo_Cauto%2C_Cuba) ([Granma](/source/Granma_Province))
 | S  = ''[Gulf of Guacanayabo](/source/Gulf_of_Guacanayabo)''
 | W  = [Colombia](/source/Colombia%2C_Cuba)
}}
{{Municipalities in Las Tunas}}

Category:Populated places in Las Tunas Province

{{Cuba-geo-stub}}

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