Cienfuegos Province
Cienfuegos | |
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Capital | Cienfuegos |
surface | 4,188.61 km² |
Residents | 404,228 (2012) |
Population density | 96.5 inhabitants / km² |
ISO code | CU-06 |
Cienfuegos is a province in central Cuba . Its capital is the city of the same name, Cienfuegos .
history
The province of Cienfuegos was created by the administrative reform of 1976, in the course of which the former province of Las Villas was dissolved, which had also included the area of the newly formed provinces of Villa Clara and Sancti Spíritus .
geography
The province of Cienfuegos has a total area of 4188.61 km². In the north and west it borders on the neighboring provinces of Villa Clara and Sancti Spíritus. The Caribbean joins in the south, the Matanzas province in the east.
Administrative division
The province of Cienfuegos is divided into 8 Municipios . The administrative headquarters are located in the cities of the same name.
Municipio (administrative seat) | Area in km² (2010) | Population (2010) | Inhabitants per km² (2010) |
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Abreus (Abreus) | 579.09 | 31,467 | 54.3 |
Aguada de Pasajeros (Aguada de Pasajeros) | 655.57 | 32.092 | 49.0 |
Cienfuegos (Cienfuegos) | 355.63 | 172.013 | 483.7 |
Cruces (cruces) | 193.35 | 31,802 | 164.5 |
Cumanayagua (Cumanayagua) | 1,089.25 | 50,953 | 46.8 |
Lajas (Lajas) | 432.65 | 22,171 | 51.2 |
Palmira (Palmira) | 310.36 | 33,145 | 106.8 |
Rodas (Rodas) | 572.71 | 33,546 | 58.6 |
total | 4,188.61 | 407.189 | 97.2 |
economy
The sugar production is the most economically important industry in the province. As a result, Cuba's largest sugar export port is located in the provincial capital. In addition, shrimp fishing is of great economic importance for the region.
Web links
- Cienfuegos in the official Cuban online encyclopedia EcuRed (Spanish)
- Periódico 5 de Septiembre , official website of the provincial newspaper (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Area, Population and Population Density, year 2010, Cuba ( Memento from March 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )