Provinces of Cuba
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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[edit] List of provinces
From west to east, Cuba's provinces are:
- Pinar del Río
- Artemisa
- La Habana
- Mayabeque
- Matanzas
- Cienfuegos
- Villa Clara
- Sancti Spíritus
- Ciego de Ávila
- Camagüey
- Las Tunas
- Granma
- Holguín
- Santiago de Cuba
- 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").
[edit] History
Prior to 1976, Cuba was divided into the following provinces (from west to east):
- Pinar del Río
- La Habana, included the city of Havana, Mayabeque and some municipalities of the current Artemisa Province (prior to 1970: 5 municipalities; from 1970 to 2011, 8 municipalities, including Artemisa city itself)
- Matanzas
- Las Villas (before 1940, "Santa Clara"), contained the present day provinces of Cienfuegos, Villa Clara and Sancti Spíritus
- Camagüey (before 1899, "Puerto Príncipe"), contained the present day provinces of Camagüey and Ciego de Ávila, as well as some two municipalities of the current Las Tunas Province (prior to 1970).
- Oriente (before 1905, "Santiago de Cuba"), contained the present day provinces of Las Tunas, Granma, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo
[edit] Demographics
Pop. = Population. Source: Cuba census 2002 [1]
| Province | Capital | Pop. (2005) | Pop. (%) | Area (km²) | Area (%) | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camagüey | Camagüey | 784,178 | 7.02 | 14,134 | 13.2 | 50.22 |
| Ciego de Ávila | Ciego de Ávila | 411,766 | 3.68 | 5,962 | 5.6 | 60.70 |
| Cienfuegos | Cienfuegos | 395,183 | 3.54 | 4,149 | 3.9 | 94.54 |
| La Habana | Havana | 2,328,000 | 19.70 | 740 | 0.7 | 3,053.49 |
| Granma | Bayamo | 822,452 | 7.36 | 8,452 | 7.9 | 98.20 |
| Guantánamo | Guantánamo | 507,118 | 4.54 | 6,366 | 6.0 | 82.22 |
| Holguín | Holguín | 1,021,321 | 9.14 | 9,105 | 8.5 | 109.90 |
| Isla de la Juventud | Nueva Gerona | 86,559 | 0.77 | 2,199 | 2.1 | 35.78 |
| Artemisa | Artemisa | 502,392 | 4.49 | 4,004 | 3.75 | 125.5 |
| Las Tunas | Victoria de Las Tunas | 525,485 | 4.70 | 6,373 | 6.0 | 79.77 |
| Matanzas | Matanzas | 670,427 | 6.00 | 11,669 | 10.0 | 56.80 |
| Mayabeque | San José de las Lajas | 381,446 | 3.41 | 3,733 | 3.49 | 102.2 |
| Pinar del Río | Pinar del Río | 594,560 | 5.32 | 8,884 | 8.32 | 67.00 |
| Sancti Spíritus | Sancti Spíritus | 460,328 | 4.12 | 6,737 | 6.3 | 68.33 |
| Santiago de Cuba | Santiago de Cuba | 1,036,281 | 9.27 | 6,343 | 5.9 | 168.32 |
| Villa Clara | Santa Clara | 817,395 | 7.31 | 8,069 | 7.6 | 97.17 |
| Cuba | Havana | 11,177,743 | 106,827 | 101.72 |
[edit] Presidents of the People's Power Provincial Assemblies
Presidents of the Provincial Assemblies of People's Power in each province in the country (local governments).[2]
[edit] See also
- Politics of Cuba
- Ranked list of Cuban provinces
- Cuba Census 2002 data
- List of places in Cuba
- Municipalities of Cuba
- List of Caribbean First-level Subdivisions by Total Area
- ISO 3166-2:CU
[edit] References
- ^ Cuba Census 2002 Population table
- ^ (Spanish) ""Presidentes de las Asambleas Provinciales del Poder Popular en cada provincia"". Archived from the original on 2007-06-09. http://web.archive.org/web/20070609204310/http://www.parlamentocubano.cu/Asambleas+Provinciales+del+Poder+Popular.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
[edit] External links
- Provinces of Cuba at statoids.com
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