Provinces of Cuba

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Cuba is divided into fifteen provinces and a special municipality .

List of provinces

Cayman Islands Bahamas Isla de la Juventud Provinz Artemisa Provinz Pinar del Río Havanna Provinz Mayabeque Provinz Matanzas Provinz Villa Clara Provinz Cienfuegos Provinz Sancti Spíritus Provinz Ciego de Ávila Provinz Camagüey Provinz Las Tunas Provinz Granma Provinz Holguín Provinz Santiago de Cuba Provinz Guantánamo
Map of Cuba with provinces (clickable)

In Cuba there are the following provinces (from west to east):

  1. Isla de la Juventud (Special Administrative Region)
  2. Pinar del Río
  3. Artemisa
  4. La Habana
  5. Mayabeque
  6. Matanzas
  7. Cienfuegos
  8. Villa Clara
  9. Sancti Spiritus
  10. Ciego de Ávila
  11. Camaguey
  12. Las Tunas
  13. Granma
  14. Holguín
  15. Santiago de Cuba
  16. Guantánamo

On January 1, 2011, the province of La Habana was dissolved. Two new provinces, Artemisa and Mayabeque, were created . The province of Ciudad de La Habana got the name of the old province of La Habana. The redistribution of the provinces was part of an administrative reform, which also provides for a clearer division of labor among the Poder Popular and an expansion of the powers of the individual provinces. In addition, the creation of new regional centers was intended to strengthen the sense of belonging among the Cubans living there and to make the quality of government services more efficient.

history

Cuba's historical provinces, on a map from 1910

1827-1878

In 1827 Cuba was divided into three departments by the Spanish colonial government:

  • Occidental
  • Central
  • Oriental

1878-1976

The Spanish colonial government divided Cuba into six provinces in 1878 (or 1879, depending on the source):

Demographic data

province Capital Residents Area (km²) Female rate  1 Degree of Urbanization (%) Population density
Artemisa Artemisa 494,631 4,003.24 983 70.6 123.6
Camaguey Camaguey 771.905 15,386.16 995 77.9 50.2
Ciego de Ávila Ciego de Ávila 426.054 6,971.64 975 73.6 61.1
Cienfuegos Cienfuegos 404.228 4,188.61 973 82.0 96.5
La Habana Havana 2.106.146 728.26 1088 100.0 2,892.0
Granma Bayamo 834.380 8,374.24 976 61.3 99.6
Guantánamo Guantánamo 515,428 6,167.97 1004 63.7 83.6
Holguín Holguín 1,035,072 9,215.72 982 66.1 112.3
Isla de la Juventud Nueva Gerona 84,751 2,419.27 981 82.6 35.0
Las Tunas Victoria de las Tunas 532,645 6,592.66 971 65.2 80.8
Matanzas Matanzas 694.476 11,791.82 996 83.3 58.9
Mayabeque San Jose de las Lajas 376.825 3,743.81 970 73.5 100.7
Pinar del Río Pinar del Río 587.026 8,883.74 967 64.3 66.1
Sancti Spiritus Sancti Spiritus 463.458 6,777.28 983 72.8 68.4
Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba 1,049,084 6,227.78 1011 71.2 168.5
Villa Clara Santa Clara 791.216 8,411.81 994 77.8 94.1
Cuba Havana 11,167,325 109,884.01 995 76.8 101.6

1 Number of women that arithmetically come to 1000 men
Status: 2012 census (Censo de Población y viviendas 2012)

Presidents of the Provincial Parliaments

The presidents of the Asamblea Provincial del Poder Popular (Provincial Assemblies of People's Power) of each province in the country.

province President of the Provincial Parliament
Artemisa Raúl Rodríguez Cartaya
Camaguey Jesús García Collazo
Ciego de Ávila José Ignacio Quiñones Venegas
Cienfuegos Rolando Díaz González
Granma Jesús Antonio Infante López
Guantánamo Luis Fernando Navarro Martínez
Holguín Vivian Rodríguez Gordín
Isla de la Juventud Roberto Unger Pérez
La Habana Marta Hernández Romero
Las Tunas Víctor Luis Rodríguez Carballosa
Matanzas Tania León Silveira
Mayabeque Tamara Valido Benítez
Pinar del Río Ernesto Barreto Castillo
Sancti Spiritus Fidel Pérez Luzbert
Santiago de Cuba Rolando Yero García
Villa Clara Alexander Rodriguez Rosada


See also

Individual evidence

  1. http://anterior.cubaminrex.cu/MirarCuba/Articulos/Otros/2010/2010-07-23-mejor.html Mejor atención al pueblo y more funcional: Modificación de la División Político Administrativa, Minrex
  2. http://www.one.cu/publicaciones/cepde/cpv2012/20131107resumenadelantado/Tablas/2.pdf ONE, Census 2012
  3. http://www.one.cu/publicaciones/cepde/cpv2012/20131107resumenadelantado/PUBLICACION_ADELANTADA.rar RAR archive, Tabla 1, Tabla 2
  4. ^ "Consejo de Ministros" ( es ). Retrieved November 16, 2011.

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