Provinces of Cuba

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Administratively, Cuba is divided into 15 provinces and one special municipality not included in any province. The last modification was approved in August 2010 (by the Cuban National Assembly), splitting Havana province into two new provinces: Artemisa (which incorporates the three eastern municipalities of the neighbour Pinar del Río) and Mayabeque. The new provinces started functioning from January 1, 2011. Havana City Province (Ciudad de La Habana) recovered its original name: La Habana (Havana in English).

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List of provinces [edit]

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From west to east, Cuba's provinces are:

  1. Pinar del Río
  2. Artemisa
  3. La Habana
  4. Mayabeque
  5. Matanzas
  6. Cienfuegos
  7. Villa Clara
  8. Sancti Spíritus
  9. Ciego de Ávila
  10. Camagüey
  11. Las Tunas
  12. Granma
  13. Holguín
  14. Santiago de Cuba
  15. Guantánamo
  16. Isla de la Juventud is a "special municipality". Isla de la Juventud ("Island of Youth") was known until the 1970s as the Isla de Pinos ("Isle of Pines").

History [edit]

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The provinces were created in 1879 by the Spanish colonial government. From 1879 to 1976, Cuba was divided into 6 provinces, which maintained with little changes the same boundaries and capital cities, although with modifications in official names. These "historical" provinces are the following (from west to east):

  1. Pinar del Río
  2. La Habana, included the city of Havana, current Mayabeque, some municipalities of current Artemisa Province (prior to 1970: 5 municipalities; from 1970 to 2011, 8 municipalities, including Artemisa city itself) and the Isle of Pines (current "Isla de la Juventud").
  3. Matanzas
  4. Las Villas (before 1940 named "Santa Clara"), contained the present-day provinces of Cienfuegos, Villa Clara and Sancti Spíritus
  5. Camagüey (before 1899 named "Puerto Príncipe"), contained the present-day provinces of Camagüey and Ciego de Ávila, as well as two municipalities of current Las Tunas Province (prior to 1970).
  6. Oriente (before 1905 named "Santiago de Cuba"), contained the present-day provinces of Las Tunas, Granma, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo

Demographics [edit]

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

Province Capital Pop. (2005) Pop. (%) Area (km²) Area (%) Density
Camagüey Camagüey 7005784178000000000784,178 7.02 700414134000000000014,134 13.2 50.22
Ciego de Ávila Ciego de Ávila 7005411766000000000411,766 3.68 70035962000000000005,962 5.6 60.70
Cienfuegos Cienfuegos 7005395183000000000395,183 3.54 70034149000000000004,149 3.9 94.54
La Habana     Havana 70062328000000000002,328,000 19.70 740 0.7 70033053490000000003,053.49
Granma Bayamo 7005822452000000000822,452 7.36 70038452000000000008,452 7.9 98.20
Guantánamo Guantánamo 7005507118000000000507,118 4.54 70036366000000000006,366 6.0 82.22
Holguín Holguín 70061021321000000001,021,321 9.14 70039105000000000009,105 8.5 109.90
Isla de la Juventud Nueva Gerona 700486559000000000086,559 0.77 70032199000000000002,199 2.1 35.78
Artemisa Artemisa 7005502392000000000502,392 4.49 70034004000000000004,004 3.75 125.5
Las Tunas Las Tunas     7005525485000000000525,485 4.70 70036373000000000006,373 6.0 79.77
Matanzas Matanzas 7005670427000000000670,427 6.00 700411669000000000011,669 10.0 56.80
Mayabeque San José de las Lajas 7005381446000000000381,446 3.41 70033733000000000003,733 3.49 102.2
Pinar del Río Pinar del Río 7005594560000000000594,560 5.32 70038884000000000008,884 8.32 67.00
Sancti Spíritus Sancti Spíritus 7005460328000000000460,328 4.12 70036737000000000006,737 6.3 68.33
Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba 70061036281000000001,036,281 9.27 70036343000000000006,343 5.9 168.32
Villa Clara Santa Clara 7005817395000000000817,395 7.31 70038069000000000008,069 7.6 97.17
Cuba Havana 700711177743000000011,177,743 7005106827000000000106,827 101.72

Presidents of the People's Power Provincial Assemblies [edit]

Presidents of the Provincial Assemblies of People's Power in each province in the country (local governments).[2]

Province President of the Provincial Assembly
Camagüey Jesús Arturo García Collazo
Ciego de Ávila Agustín Gregorio Arza Pascual
Cienfuegos Rolando Díaz González
La Habana     Marta Hernández Romero
Granma Jesús Antonio Infante López
Guantánamo Luis Fernando Navarro Fernández
Holguín Alberto Olivera Fis
Isla de la Juventud Roberto Unger Pérez
Mayabeque Armando Cuellar Domínguez
Artemisa Raúl Rodríguez Cartaya
Las Tunas Víctor Luis Rodríguez Carballosa
Matanzas Nilo Tomás Díaz Fundora
Pinar del Río Vidal Pérez Baños
Sancti Spíritus Fidel Pérez Luzbert
Santiago de Cuba Rolando Yero García
Villa Clara Alexander Rodriguez Rosada

See also [edit]

Portal icon Cuba portal

References [edit]

  1. ^ Cuba Census 2002 Population table
  2. ^ (Spanish) "Presidentes de las Asambleas Provinciales del Poder Popular en cada provincia". Archived from the original on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2007-02-10. 

External links [edit]

 Cuba topics
Articles on first-level administrative divisions of North American countries
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