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Provinces of Cuba

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Administrative divisions of Cuba

Administrative divisions of Cuba
Provinces (1–15) and special municipality (16) of Cuba
Category	Unitary state
Location	Republic of Cuba
Number	15 provinces 1 special municipality
Populations	81,486 (Isla de la Juventud) – 2,130,517 (La Habana)
Areas	281.18 square miles (728.3 km²) (La Habana) – 5,951.31 square miles (15,413.8 km²) (Camagüey Province)
Government	Single-party government
Subdivisions	Municipality

Administratively,Cuba is divided into 15 provinces and one specialmunicipality (theIsla de la Juventud). The current structure has been in place since August 2010, when thethen-La Habana Province was divided intoArtemisa Province andMayabeque Province.

List of provinces

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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
Isla de la Juventud ("special municipality")

History

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1879–1976

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The provinces were created in 1879 by the Spanish colonial government. From 1879 to 1976, Cuba was divided into six 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):

Pinar del Río
La Habana, included the city ofHavana, currentMayabeque, some municipalities of currentArtemisa Province (prior to 1970: 5 municipalities; from 1970 to 2011, 8 municipalities, includingArtemisa city itself).Isla de Pinos ("Isle of Pines") was considered a "special municipality" in the province of La Habana.
Matanzas
Las Villas (before 1940 named "Santa Clara"), contained the present-day provinces ofCienfuegos,Villa Clara,Sancti Spíritus, and SouthernMatanzas Province.
Camagüey (before 1899 named "Puerto Príncipe"), contained the present-day provinces ofCamagüey andCiego de Ávila, as well as two municipalities of currentLas Tunas Province (prior to 1970).
Oriente (before 1905 named "Santiago de Cuba"), contained the present-day provinces ofLas Tunas,Granma,Holguín,Santiago de Cuba andGuantánamo

1976–2011

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In December 1976, the original six provinces were reconstituted into 14 provinces plus one special municipality:^[1]

Isla de Pinos was renamedIsla de la Juventud on 3 August 1978.^[2]

2011–present

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In August 2010, theCuban National Assembly split thethen-La Habana Province into two new provinces:Artemisa (which incorporated three eastern municipalities of neighboringPinar del Río) andMayabeque. The new provinces started functioning from 1 January 2011.^[3] Havana City Province (Ciudad de La Habana Province) recovered its original name,La Habana Province.

Demographics

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Pop. = Population. Source: Cuba census 2002 ^[4]

Province	Capital	Pop. (2012)	Pop. (%)	Area		Area (%)	Density
Province	Capital	Pop. (2012)	Pop. (%)	km²	sq mi	Area (%)	perkm²	persq mi
Camagüey	Camagüey	768,311	7.02	15,386.16	5,940.63	13.2	50.22	130.1
Ciego de Ávila	Ciego de Ávila	424,750	3.68	6,971.64	2,691.77	5.6	60.70	157.2
Cienfuegos	Cienfuegos	400,768	3.54	4,188.61	1,617.23	3.9	94.54	244.9
La Habana	La Habana (Havana)	2,154,454	19.70	728.26	281.18	0.7	3,053.49	7,908.5
Granma	Bayamo	830,645	7.36	8,374.24	3,233.31	7.9	98.20	254.3
Guantánamo	Guantánamo	506,369	4.54	6,167.97	2,381.47	6.0	82.22	212.9
Holguín	Holguín	1,027,683	9.14	9,215.72	3,558.21	8.5	109.90	284.6
Isla de la Juventud†	Nueva Gerona	84,263	0.77	2,419.27	934.09	2.1	35.78	92.7
Artemisa	Artemisa	487,339	4.49	4,003.24	1,545.66	3.75	125.5	325
Las Tunas	Las Tunas	525,729	4.70	6,592.66	2,545.44	6.0	79.77	206.6
Matanzas	Matanzas	679,314	6.00	11,791.82	4,552.85	10.0	56.80	147.1
Mayabeque	San José de las Lajas	371,198	3.41	3,743.81	1,445.49	3.49	102.2	265
Pinar del Río	Pinar del Río	585,452	5.32	8,883.74	3,430.03	8.32	67.00	173.5
Sancti Spíritus	Sancti Spíritus	462,114	4.12	6,777.28	2,616.72	6.3	68.33	177.0
Santiago de Cuba	Santiago de Cuba	1,053,837	9.27	6,227.78	2,404.56	5.9	168.32	435.9
Villa Clara	Santa Clara	783,708	7.31	8,441.81	3,259.40	7.6	97.17	251.7
Cuba	La Habana	11,163,934		109,884.01	42,426.45		101.72	263.5

† Special municipality

Presidents of the People's Power Provincial Councils

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The following are the presidents of the Provincial People's Councils in each province in the country (local governments).^[5]

The Provincial People's Councils replaced the Provincial Assemblies in the 2019 Constitution and are made up of provincial representatives elected by the municipal assemblies or councils.

Province	President of the Provincial Council
Camagüey	Jesús Arturo García Collazo
Ciego de Ávila	Agustín Gregorio Arza Pascual
Cienfuegos	Rolando Díaz González
La Habana	Reinaldo García Zapata
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

† Special municipality

References

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^Goodsell, James Nelson (12 December 1976)."Cuba's citizens to have a say".The Columbian.Vancouver, Washington.The Christian Science Monitor. p. 47. Retrieved2 September 2023 – via newspapers.com.
^"Cuba has New Name for 'Treasure Island'"(PDF).New York Times. 4 August 1978. Retrieved11 April 2016.
^Proponen en Pleno del Partido dos nuevas provincias cubanas: Artemisa y Mayabeque (+ Infografía) -Cubadebate
^Cuba Census 2002 Archived 2008-01-17 at theWayback Machine Population table
^"Presidentes de las Asambleas Provinciales del Poder Popular en cada provincia" (in Spanish). Parlamento Cubano. Archived fromthe original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved10 February 2007.

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Cuba at GeoHive
"Provinces of Cuba".Statoids.

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