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Provinces of Cuba

Cuba is divided into fourteen provinces and one special municipality.

List of provinces

From west to east, Cuba's provinces are:

  1. Isla de la Juventud
  2. Pinar del Río
  3. Artemisa
  4. City of Havana (Ciudad de La Habana)
  5. Mayabeque
  6. Matanzas
  7. Cienfuegos
  8. Villa Clara
  9. Sancti Spíritus
  10. Ciego de Ávila
  11. Camagüey
  12. Las Tunas
  13. Granma
  14. Holguín
  15. Santiago de Cuba
  16. Guantánamo

Cuba's "special municipality" is the Isla de la Juventud ("Island of Youth"), known until the 1970s as the Isla de Pinos ("Isle of Pines") and previously as "Evangelista", "Isle of Santiago" and "Isle of Parrots".

History

Cuban Provinces 1879 to 1976

Prior to 1976, Cuba was divided into the following provinces (from west to east):

  • Pinar del Río
  • La Habana
  • Matanzas
  • Las Villas (before 1940, "Santa Clara")
  • Camagüey (before 1899, "Puerto Príncipe")
  • Oriente (before 1905, "Santiago de Cuba")

These provinces were used to be the following areas on the map: Pinar del Rio (item 2), La Habana (items 1, 3, 4), Matanzas (5), Las Villas (approximately 6, 7, and 8 on map), Camaguey (roughly 9 and 10) and Oriente (11, 12, 13, 14 and 15).

Demographics

Pop. = Population. Source: Cuba census 2002 [1]

Banner Province Capital Pop. (2005) Pop. (%) Area (km²) Area (%) Density
File:Escudo de la Provincia Camagüey.png Camagüey Camagüey Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".667,600 7.02 &&&&&&&&&&&15386.&&&&&015,386 13.2 50.22
File:Escudo de la Provincia Ciego de Ávila.png Ciego de Ávila Ciego de Ávila Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".321,000 3.68 &&&&&&&&&&&&5962.&&&&&05,962 5.6 60.70
File:Escudo de la Provincia Cienfuegos.png Cienfuegos Cienfuegos Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".326,400 3.54 &&&&&&&&&&&&4149.&&&&&04,149 3.9 94.54
Escudo Habana1.jpg Ciudad de La Habana Havana Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".1,929,432 19.70 727 0.7 &&&&&&&&&&&&3053.&&&&&03,053
File:Escudo de la Provincia Granma.png Granma Bayamo Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".739,200 7.36 &&&&&&&&&&&&8452.&&&&&08,452 7.9 98.20
File:Escudo de la Provincia Guantánamo.png Guantánamo Guantánamo Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".466,000 4.54 &&&&&&&&&&&&6366.&&&&&06,366 6.0 82.22
File:Escudo de la Provincia Holguín.png Holguín Holguín Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".912,900 9.14 &&&&&&&&&&&&9105.&&&&&09,105 8.5 109.90
File:Escudo de la Isla de la Juventud.png Isla de la Juventud Nueva Gerona Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".58,100 0.77 &&&&&&&&&&&&2397.&&&&&02,397 2.1 35.78
Arms of the City of Havana Cuba.png La Habana Havana Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".585,900 6.36 &&&&&&&&&&&&5732.&&&&&05,732 5.3 124.06
File:Escudo de la Provincia Las Tunas.png Las Tunas Victoria de Las Tunas Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".437,200 4.70 &&&&&&&&&&&&6373.&&&&&06,373 6.0 79.77
File:Escudo de la Provincia Matanzas.png Matanzas Matanzas Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".559,300 6.00 &&&&&&&&&&&11669.&&&&&011,669 10.0 56.80
File:Escudo de la Provincia Pinar del Río.png Pinar del Río Pinar del Río Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".640,700 6.50 &&&&&&&&&&&10860.&&&&&010,860 10.2 66.63
File:Escudo de la Provincia Sancti Spíritus.png Sancti Spíritus Sancti Spíritus Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".400,000 4.12 &&&&&&&&&&&&6737.&&&&&06,737 6.3 68.33
File:Escudo de la Provincia Santiago de Cuba.png Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".914,100 9.27 &&&&&&&&&&&&6343.&&&&&06,343 5.9 168.32
File:Escudo de la Provincia Villa Clara-2.png Villa Clara Santa Clara Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".765,800 7.31 &&&&&&&&&&&&8069.&&&&&08,069 7.6 97.17
Coat of arms of Cuba (19th century).svg Republic of Cuba Ciudad de La Habana &&&&&&&&&9723605.&&&&&09,723,605 Expression error: Unrecognized word "km"..Expression error: Unrecognized word "km".113,960 km² 101.72

Provinces Of Cuba Media

  • CubaSubdivisions

  • Cuba's provinces on a 1910s map

  • Cuba's provinces as of December 1976

References

  1. ↑ Cuba Census 2002 Archived 2008-01-17 at the Wayback Machine Population table Archived 2017-10-16 at the Wayback Machine

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