Provinces of Cuba

administrative subdivision of Cuba

Cuba is divided into fourteen provinces and one special municipality.

List of provinces

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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

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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

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

Banner Province Capital Pop. (2005) Pop. (%) Area (km²) Area (%) Density
  Camagüey Camagüey Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".667,600 7.02 &&&&&&&&&&&15386.&&&&&015,386 13.2 50.22
  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
  Cienfuegos Cienfuegos Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".326,400 3.54 &&&&&&&&&&&&4149.&&&&&04,149 3.9 94.54
  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
  Granma Bayamo Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".739,200 7.36 &&&&&&&&&&&&8452.&&&&&08,452 7.9 98.20
  Guantánamo Guantánamo Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".466,000 4.54 &&&&&&&&&&&&6366.&&&&&06,366 6.0 82.22
  Holguín Holguín Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".912,900 9.14 &&&&&&&&&&&&9105.&&&&&09,105 8.5 109.90
  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
  La Habana Havana Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".585,900 6.36 &&&&&&&&&&&&5732.&&&&&05,732 5.3 124.06
  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
  Matanzas Matanzas Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".559,300 6.00 &&&&&&&&&&&11669.&&&&&011,669 10.0 56.80
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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

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