Holguín Province

Holguín
Capital	Holguín
surface	9215.72 km²
Residents	1,035,072 (2012)
Population density	112.3 inhabitants / km²
ISO code	CU-11

Holguín is a province in northeast Cuba . Its capital is the city of the same name, Holguín . Until the administrative reform in 1976, it was part of the much larger province of Oriente . Sugar and coffee production as well as mining are the most economically important industries in the province.

geography

The province of Holguín has a total area of ​​9215.72 km². In the north the Atlantic forms the natural border, in the southeast and south the provinces of Guantánamo and Santiago de Cuba . The provinces of Granma and Las Tunas join in the south-west and north-west.

Part of the Cuchillas del Toa Biosphere Reserve is in the province.

history

On October 28, 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba on his first voyage of discovery. He set foot on Cuban soil for the first time at the site of today's Municipios Rafael Freyre .

The most famous sons of the province are the brothers Fidel and Raúl Castro . Dictator Fulgencio Batista also comes from here.

Administrative division

The province of Holguín is divided into 14 Municipios . With the exception of Calixto García, Frank País and Rafael Freyre, the administrative offices are located in the cities of the same name.

Municipio (administrative seat)	Area in km² (2010)	Population (2010)	Inhabitants per km² (2010)
Antilla (Antilla)	119.70	12,283	102.6
Báguanos (Báguanos)	803.40	52.121	64.9
Banes (Banes)	761.86	79,777	104.7
Cacocum (Cacocum)	662.14	43,135	65.1
Calixto García ( Buenaventura )	591.26	54,561	92.3
Cueto (Cueto)	329.04	33,573	102.0
Frank País ( Cayo Mambí )	480.08	24,754	51.6
Gibara (Gibara)	619.35	71,225	115.0
Holguín (Holguín)	689.81	344,428	499.3
Mayarí (Mayarí)	1,304.20	102.281	78.4
Moa (Moa)	766.33	75,227	98.2
Rafael Freyre ( Santa Lucía )	618.46	52,198	84.4
Sagua de Tánamo (Sagua de Tánamo)	699.97	52.013	71.3
Urbano Noris (Urbano Noris)	770.12	42.093	54.7
total	9,215.72	1,037,573	112.6

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Holguin. In: Reiselexikon.de - Mountains and Sea Tourism. Retrieved February 27, 2019 .