Provinces of Cuba

Cuba is divided into fourteen provinces and one special municipality.

List of provinces

Isla
de la
Juventud

Pinar
del Río

La Habana

Ciudad de La
Habana

Matanzas

Cienfuegos

Villa
Clara

Sancti
Spíritus

Ciego de
Ávila

Camagüey

Las
Tunas

Granma

Holguín

Santiago
de Cuba

Guantánamo

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 

Province	Capital	Pop. (2005)	Pop. (%)	Area (km²)	Area (%)	Density
Camagüey	Camagüey	&&&&&&&&&&784178.&&&&&0784,178	7.02	&&&&&&&&&&&14134.&&&&&014,134	13.2	50.22
Ciego de Ávila	Ciego de Ávila	&&&&&&&&&&411766.&&&&&0411,766	3.68	&&&&&&&&&&&&5962.&&&&&05,962	5.6	60.70
Cienfuegos	Cienfuegos	&&&&&&&&&&395183.&&&&&0395,183	3.54	&&&&&&&&&&&&4149.&&&&&04,149	3.9	94.54
Ciudad de la Habana	Havana	&&&&&&&&&2201610.&&&&&02,201,610	19.70	740	0.7	&&&&&&&&&&&&3053.4900003,053.49
Granma	Bayamo	&&&&&&&&&&822452.&&&&&0822,452	7.36	&&&&&&&&&&&&8452.&&&&&08,452	7.9	98.20
Guantánamo	Guantánamo	&&&&&&&&&&507118.&&&&&0507,118	4.54	&&&&&&&&&&&&6366.&&&&&06,366	6.0	82.22
Holguín	Holguín	&&&&&&&&&1021321.&&&&&01,021,321	9.14	&&&&&&&&&&&&9105.&&&&&09,105	8.5	109.90
Isla de la Juventud	Nueva Gerona	&&&&&&&&&&&86559.&&&&&086,559	0.77	&&&&&&&&&&&&2199.&&&&&02,199	2.1	35.78
La Habana	Havana	&&&&&&&&&&711066.&&&&&0711,066	6.36	&&&&&&&&&&&&5669.&&&&&05,669	5.3	124.06
Las Tunas	Victoria de Las Tunas	&&&&&&&&&&525485.&&&&&0525,485	4.70	&&&&&&&&&&&&6373.&&&&&06,373	6.0	79.77
Matanzas	Matanzas	&&&&&&&&&&670427.&&&&&0670,427	6.00	&&&&&&&&&&&11669.&&&&&011,669	10.0	56.80
Pinar del Río	Pinar del Río	&&&&&&&&&&726574.&&&&&0726,574	6.50	&&&&&&&&&&&10860.&&&&&010,860	10.2	66.63
Sancti Spíritus	Sancti Spíritus	&&&&&&&&&&460328.&&&&&0460,328	4.12	&&&&&&&&&&&&6737.&&&&&06,737	6.3	68.33
Santiago de Cuba	Santiago de Cuba	&&&&&&&&&1036281.&&&&&01,036,281	9.27	&&&&&&&&&&&&6343.&&&&&06,343	5.9	168.32
Villa Clara	Santa Clara	&&&&&&&&&&817395.&&&&&0817,395	7.31	&&&&&&&&&&&&8069.&&&&&08,069	7.6	97.17
Cuba	Havana	&&&&&&&&11177743.&&&&&011,177,743		&&&&&&&&&&106827.&&&&&0106,827		101.72

Provinces Of Cuba Media

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  CubaSubdivisions

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  Cuba's provinces on a 1910s map

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  Cuba's provinces as of December 1976

Other websites

• Map of contemporary provinces of Cuba on webhavana.com Archived 2009-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
• Cuban Census 2002 Archived 2007-02-03 at the Wayback Machine