Cienfuegos Province

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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)
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

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f Area, Population and Population Density, year 2010, Cuba ( Memento from March 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )