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Cities

• Camagüey
  Camagüey
  
  Camag?ey is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third largest city. It is the capital of the Camag?ey Province.After almost continuous attacks from pirates the original city was moved inland in 1528....
  
• Cienfuegos
  Cienfuegos
  
  Cienfuegos is a city on the southern coast of Cuba, Capital of the provinces of Cuba of Cienfuegos Province. It is located about 250 km from Havana, and has a population of 150,000....
  
• Guantánamo
  Guantánamo
  
  Guant?namo is a municipality and city in southeast Cuba and capital of Guant?namo Province.Guantanamo is served by the Caimanera port. Producing sugarcane and cotton wool are traditional parts of the economy....
  
• Havana
  Havana
  
  Havana is the capital city, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city is one of the 14 Provinces of Cuba. The city/province has 2.1 million inhabitants, and the urban area over 3.5 million, making Havana the largest city in both Cuba and the Caribbean....
  
• Holguín
  Holguín
  
  Holgu?n is a municipality and city, the capital of the Cuban Holgu?n Province....
  
• Matanzas
  Matanzas
  
  Matanzas is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas Province. It is famed for its Afro-American religions.It is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas , east of the capital Havana and west of the resort town of Varadero....
  
• Pinar del Río
  Pinar del Río
  
  Pinar del R?o is a city in Cuba. It is the capital of Pinar del R?o Province.Inhabitants of the area are called Pinare?os.Neighborhoods in the city include La Conchita, La Coloma, Briones Montoto and Las Ovas....
  
• Placetas
  Placetas
  
  Placetas is a city in the Villa Clara Province in the center of Cuba. Close towns include Zulueta , Remedios, Cuba , Cabaigu?n and Fomento , and Santa Clara, Cuba and Camajuani ....
  
• Santa Clara
  Santa Clara, Cuba
  
  Santa Clara is the capital city of the Cuban province of Villa Clara Province. It is located in the most central region of the province and almost in the most central region of the country....
  
• Santiago de Cuba
  Santiago de Cuba
  
  Santiago de Cuba is the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island nation of Cuba, some east south-east of the Cuban capital of Havana....
  

Provinces

• Camagüey Province
  Camagüey Province
  
  Camag?ey is the largest of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Camag?ey. Other towns include Florida, Cuba and Nuevitas....
  
• Ciego de Ávila Province
  Ciego de Ávila Province
  
  Ciego de ?vila is one of the provinces of Cuba, and was previously part of Camag?ey Province. Its capital is Ciego de ?vila, which lies on the Carretera Central , and the second city is Mor?n, Cuba, further north....
  
• Cienfuegos Province
  Cienfuegos Province
  
  Cienfuegos is one of the provinces of Cuba. The capital city of the province is also called Cienfuegos and was founded by France settlers in 1819....
  
• Ciudad de La Habana
• Granma Province
  Granma Province
  
  Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Bayamo. Other towns include Manzanillo, Cuba and Pil?n....
  
• Guantánamo Province
  Guantánamo Province
  
  Guant?namo is the easternmost province of Cuba. Its capital is also called Guant?namo. Other towns include Baracoa. The province surrounds the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base at Guant?namo Bay, Cuba....
  
• Holguín Province
  Holguín Province
  
  Holgu?n is one of the provinces of Cuba Cuba, the second most populous after Havana. It lies in the southeast of the country. Its major cities include Holgu?n , Banes, Cuba, Antilla, Cuba, Mayar?, Cuba, and Moa, Cuba....
  
• La Habana Province
  La Habana Province
  
  Havana Province is one of the provinces of Cuba. The city of Havana is a separate province, surrounded by the province of Havana. It had 711 066 people in the 2002 census....
  
• Las Tunas Province
  Las Tunas Province
  
  Las Tunas is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns include Puerto Padre and Amancio, Cuba, as well as the capital, Victoria de Las Tunas ....
  
• Matanzas Province
  Matanzas Province
  
  Matanzas is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns in the province include C?rdenas, Matanzas, Cuba, Jovellanos, Cuba and the capital of the same name, Matanzas....
  
• Pinar del Río Province
  Pinar del Río Province
  
  Pinar del R?o is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is at the western end of the island of Cuba....
  
• Sancti Spiritus Province
  Sancti Spíritus Province
  
  Sancti Sp?ritus is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is the identically named Sancti Sp?ritus. Another major city is Trinidad, Cuba.The southern coast of the province is flat, but the western portion of Sancti Sp?ritus province is mountainous....
  
• Santiago de Cuba Province
  Santiago de Cuba Province
  
  Santiago de Cuba Province is the second most populated province in the island of Cuba. The largest city Santiago de Cuba is the main administrative center....
  
• Villa Clara Province
  Villa Clara Province
  
  Villa Clara is one of the provinces of Cuba. It's located in the central region of the island bordering with the Atlantic at north, Matanzas Province by west, Sancti Spiritus by east, and Cienfuegos on the South....
  

Historic provinces

• Pinar del Río
• La Habana
• Matanzas
• Las Villas (before 1940, "Santa Clara
  Santa Clara Province
  
  Santa Clara was a historical province of Cuba. Until 1976, its territory was that of the modern Provinces of Cuba of Villa Clara Province, Cienfuegos Province and Sancti Sp?ritus Province....
  "), contained the present day provinces of Cienfuegos
  Cienfuegos Province
  
  Cienfuegos is one of the provinces of Cuba. The capital city of the province is also called Cienfuegos and was founded by France settlers in 1819....
  , Villa Clara
  Villa Clara Province
  
  Villa Clara is one of the provinces of Cuba. It's located in the central region of the island bordering with the Atlantic at north, Matanzas Province by west, Sancti Spiritus by east, and Cienfuegos on the South....
   and Sancti Spíritus
  Sancti Spíritus Province
  
  Sancti Sp?ritus is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is the identically named Sancti Sp?ritus. Another major city is Trinidad, Cuba.The southern coast of the province is flat, but the western portion of Sancti Sp?ritus province is mountainous....
  
• Camagüey (before 1899, "Puerto Príncipe"), contained the present day provinces of Camagüey
  Camagüey Province
  
  Camag?ey is the largest of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Camag?ey. Other towns include Florida, Cuba and Nuevitas....
   and Ciego de Ávila
  Ciego de Ávila Province
  
  Ciego de ?vila is one of the provinces of Cuba, and was previously part of Camag?ey Province. Its capital is Ciego de ?vila, which lies on the Carretera Central , and the second city is Mor?n, Cuba, further north....
  
• Oriente
  Oriente
  
  Oriente was one of six provinces of Cuba until 1976. It was known as "Santiago de Cuba Province" before 1905. The name is still used to refer to the eastern part of the country....
   (before 1905, "Santiago de Cuba"), contained the present day provinces of Las Tunas
  Las Tunas Province
  
  Las Tunas is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns include Puerto Padre and Amancio, Cuba, as well as the capital, Victoria de Las Tunas ....
  , Granma
  Granma Province
  
  Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Bayamo. Other towns include Manzanillo, Cuba and Pil?n....
  , Holguín
  Holguín Province
  
  Holgu?n is one of the provinces of Cuba Cuba, the second most populous after Havana. It lies in the southeast of the country. Its major cities include Holgu?n , Banes, Cuba, Antilla, Cuba, Mayar?, Cuba, and Moa, Cuba....
  , Santiago de Cuba
  Santiago de Cuba Province
  
  Santiago de Cuba Province is the second most populated province in the island of Cuba. The largest city Santiago de Cuba is the main administrative center....
   and Guantánamo
  Guantánamo Province
  
  Guant?namo is the easternmost province of Cuba. Its capital is also called Guant?namo. Other towns include Baracoa. The province surrounds the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base at Guant?namo Bay, Cuba....
  

Special territories

• Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
  Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
  
  Guantanamo Bay Naval Base is located on the shore of Guant?namo Bay at the southeastern end of Cuba and has been used by the United States Navy for more than a century....
  , treaty enclave of the United States
  United States
  
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Geographic features

• Gulfs and bays: Gulf of Batabanó
  Gulf of Batabanó
  
  The Gulf of Bataban? , also called the Bataban? Gulf, is an inlet or strait off southwestern Cuba in the Caribbean Sea, separating mainland Cuba from the Isle of Youth....
  , Bay of Buena Vista
  Bay of Buena Vista
  
  The Bay of Buena Vista is a bay on Cuba's northern Atlantic Ocean shore. It is located in the northern part of the Provinces of Cuba of Sancti Sp?ritus Province, Villa Clara Province and Ciego de ?vila, between mainland Cuba and the archipelago that lines its northern coast....
  , Ensenada de la Broa
  Ensenada de la Broa
  
  Ensenada de la Broa is a bay in southern Cuba. It is located at , in the provinces of Matanzas Province and Havana Province. Bay is a part of the Gulf of Batabano....
  , Bay of Cárdenas
  Bay of Cárdenas
  
  The Bay of C?rdenas is a shallow bay on Cuba's northern shore, in the Provinces of Cuba of Matanzas Province.It is located on the Cuban coast, facing the Nicholas Channel, and is delimited to the north by the Hicacos Peninsula....
  , Gulf of Cazones
  Gulf of Cazones
  
  Gulf of Cazones is a large gulf in southern Cuba. It is located at , south of provinces of Matanzas Province and Cienfuegos Province....
  , Gulf of Guacanayabo
  Gulf of Guacanayabo
  
  The Gulf of Guacanayabo is a Headlands and bays along the southern coast of Cuba, bordered by Granma Province and Las Tunas Province provinces....
  , Guantanamo Bay, Bay of Pigs
  Bay of Pigs
  
  The Bay of Pigs is an inlet of the Gulf of Cazones on the southern coast of Cuba. By 1910, it was located in Santa Clara Province, then by 1961 in Las Villas Province, but in 1976 it was re-assigned to Cienfuegos Province, when the original six provinces were re-organized into fourteen new Provinces of Cuba....
  , Bay of Santa Clara
  Bay of Santa Clara
  
  The Bay of Santa Clara is a bay on Cuba's north coast, located between the Nicholas Channel and the northern coast of the Provinces of Cuba of Matanzas Province and Villa Clara Province....
  
• Islands: Canarreos Archipelago
  Canarreos Archipelago
  
  Canarreos Archipelago is an archipelago of Cuba.It is located south of the main island of Cuba, in the Caribbean Sea, at . It is bordered to the east by the Gulf of Cazones, to the north by the Gulf of Batabano and to the west by the Los Indios Channel....
  , Colorados Archipelago
  Colorados Archipelago
  
  The Colorados Archipelago is a chain of isles and cays on Cuba's north-western coast.The sea surrounding the islands is used mainly for fishing, with commercial captures of lobster, sponge, oysters, red snapper and tuna....
  , Cayo Coco
  Cayo Coco
  
  Cayo Coco is an island in central Cuba, well known for its luxury all inclusive resorts. It lies within the Ciego de ?vila Province and is part of a chain of islands called Jardines del Rey ....
  , Ernst Thälmann Island
  Ernst Thälmann Island
  
  Ernst Th?lmann Island is a 15 kilometre long and 500 metre wide Cuban island in the Gulf of Cazones. It contains highly developed reef formations with a high degree of biodiversity and hosts a number of endangered species, including black coral and various ornamental reef fish species....
  , Cayo Guajaba
  Cayo Guajaba
  
  Cayo Guajaba is a cay on the northern coast of Cuba, in the province of Camag?ey Province.It is part of Jardines del Rey archipelago, and is located west of Cayo Sabinal, east of Cayo Romano, north of The Bay of la Gloria and borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north....
  , Cayo Guillermo
  Cayo Guillermo
  
  Cayo Guillermo is a cay of the Jardines del Rey archipelago. It is located on the northern coast of Cuba, between the Bay of Dogs and the Atlantic Ocean....
  , Isla de la Juventud (Isla de Pinos), Jardines de la Reina
  Jardines de la Reina
  
  Jardines de la Reina is an archipelago in the southern part of Cuba, in the provinces of Camag?ey Province and Ciego de ?vila Province.It was named by Christopher Columbus to honour the Queen of Spain....
  , Jardines del Rey
  Jardines del Rey
  
  Jardines del Rey is an archipelago located off the northern coast of the island of Cuba, in the northern parts of the provinces of Ciego de ?vila Province and Camag?ey Province....
  , Cayo Largo del Sur
  Cayo Largo del Sur
  
  Cayo Largo del Sur, also known simply as Cayo Largo, is a small resort island belonging to Cuba, in the Caribbean Sea no more than 25 kilometers long and 3 kilometers wide....
  , Cayo Romano
  Cayo Romano
  
  Cayo Romano is an island on the northern coast of Cuba, in the province of Camag?ey Province. It is the largest cay of the Jardines del Rey archipellago....
  , Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago
  Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago
  
  Sabana-Camag?ey is an archipelago that lines Cuba's north-central Atlantic Ocean coast. It is located off the northern coast of the Provinces of Cuba of Matanzas Province, Villa Clara Province, Sancti Sp?ritus Province, Ciego de ?vila Province and Camag?ey Province, and is bounded to the north by the Atlantic Ocean, specifically by the Nicho...
  , Cayo Sabinal
  Cayo Sabinal
  
  Cayo Sabinal is a cay on the northern coast of Cuba, in the province of Camag?ey Province.It is the southrnmost island of the Jardines del Rey archipelago, and is located north of the Bay of Nuevitas , east of Cayo Guajaba and the Bay of la Gloria and borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north....
  , Cayo Saetia
  Cayo Saetia
  
  Cayo Saetia is a cay in Holguin Province, Cuba.It is located southeast of Holguin between the Bay of Nipe & the Atlantic Ocean. The landmass is connected to the mainland by an animal control bridge....
  
• Rivers: Almendares River
  Almendares River
  
  The Almendares River is a 45 km river in the western part of Cuba. It originates from the east of Tapaste and flows north-west into the Straits of Florida....
  , Cauto River
  Cauto River
  
  The Cauto River or R?o Cauto, located in southeast Cuba, is the longest river of Cuba.It flows on a total length of from the Sierra Maestra to the west and north-west, and enters the Caribbean Sea north of Manzanillo, Cuba....
  
• Lakes: Laguna de Leche
  Laguna de Leche
  
  Laguna de Leche is the largest natural fresh water lake in Cuba. It is located in the wetland of northern Ciego de ?vila Province, north of Mor?n, Cuba, and has a total surface of ....
  , Zaza Reservoir
  Zaza Reservoir
  
  Zaza Reservoir is the largest man-made reservoir in Cuba. It is located in the Sancti Sp?ritus Province in central Cuba, south-east of the city of Sancti Sp?ritus, Cuba and north-west of La Sierpe, Cuba....
  
• Mountains: Loma del Capiro
  Loma del Capiro
  
  Loma del Capiro is a group of three small peaks located in the city of Santa Clara, Cuba, Cuba.The elevation gained local and worldwide historic significance after Che Guevara used it as hideout and command center to invade the city in a battle known as Battle of Santa Clara during the Cuban Revolution....
  , Topes de Collantes
  Topes de Collantes
  
  Topes de Collantes is a nature reserve park in the Escambray Mountains range in Cuba. It also refers to the third highest peak in the reserve, where a small settlement and tourist center is located, all sharing the same name....
  , Escambray Mountains
  Escambray Mountains
  
  The Escambray Mountains are a mountain range in the central region of Cuba, in the provinces of Sancti Sp?ritus Province, Cienfuegos Province and Villa Clara Province....
  , Mogotes de Jumagua
  Mogotes de Jumagua
  
  The Mogotes de Jumagua are a set of 8 elevated limestone features in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba. They are located within the orographic group Heights of the Northwest in the center-north of the Island of Cuba, two kilometers south-west from the city of Sagua la Grande....
  , Sierra Cristal
  Sierra Cristal National Park
  
  Sierra Cristal National Park is a national park in Cuba. It is located in the southern part of the Holgu?n Province. It was the first National Park created in Cuba in 1930, and covers an area of ....
  , Sierra Maestra
  Sierra Maestra
  
  For the Cuban son band,see Sierra Maestra .Sierra Maestra is a mountain range that runs westward across the south of the old Oriente Province from what is now Guant?namo Province to Niquero in southeast Cuba, rising abruptly from the coast....
  , Sierra del Rosario
  Sierra del Rosario
  
  Sierra del Rosario is mountain range in the Pinar del R?o Province of Cuba. It is located in the western part of the Guaniguanico Range, in the north-central part of the province, between the municipalities of La Palma, Cuba, Los Palacios, Cuba and Consolaci?n del Sur, Cuba....
  , San Juan Hill, Cuchillas del Toa
  Cuchillas del Toa
  
  Cuchillas del Toa is a Biosphere Reserve in Cuba. It is located in the eastern part of the country, mostly in the Guant?namo Province and reaching to the north into the Holgu?n Province....
  , Pico Turquino
  Pico Turquino
  
  Pico Turquino is the List of countries by highest point in Cuba. It is located in the southeast part of the island, in the Sierra Maestra mountain range in Santiago de Cuba Province....
  , El Yunque
  El Yunque, Cuba
  
  El Yunque is a high mountain located west of Baracoa and the Baracoa Bay in Cuba's Guantanamo Province. It has a Mesa shape that resembles an anvil ....
  
• Other: Guanahacabibes Peninsula
  Guanahacabibes Peninsula
  
  Guanahacabibes Peninsula is the westernmost point on the island of Cuba. It is located in Pinar del R?o Province, in the municipality of Sandino, Cuba and is sparsely populated....
  , Hicacos Peninsula
  Hicacos Peninsula
  
  Hicacos is a peninsula on Cuba's northern shore, in the Provinces of Cuba of Matanzas Province. The resort town of Varadero, Cuba is located on the peninsula....
  , Viñales Valley
  Viñales Valley
  
  Vi?ales Valley is a karst depression in Cuba. The valley has an area of 132 km? and is located in the Sierra de los Organos, just north of Vi?ales in the Pinar del R?o Province....
  , Zapata Peninsula
  Zapata Peninsula
  
  Zapata Peninsula is a large peninsula in Matanzas Province, southern Cuba, at . Zapata Swamp National Park is located on the peninsula.It is located south of Ensenada de la Broa, east of the gulf of Batabano and north of the Gulf of Cazones....
  

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