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Administratively
Administrative division

|align="right"| |}Administrative divisions are divisions of a political division. In other words, they are designated portions of a country....
, Cuba
Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
 is divided into fourteen provinces and one special municipality
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
.

west to east, Cuba's provinces are:
  1. Pinar del Río
    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....
  2. La Habana
    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....
  3. Ciudad de La Habana
    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....
  4. Matanzas
    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....
  5. 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....
  6. 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....
  7. 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....
  8. 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....
  9. 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....
  10. 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 ....
  11. Granma
    Granma Province

    Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Bayamo. Other towns include Manzanillo, Cuba and Pil?n....
  12. 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....
  13. 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....
  14. 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....


Cuba's "special municipality" is the Isla de la Juventud ("Island of Youth"), known until the 1970s as the Isla de Pinos ("Isle of Pines") and previously as "Evangelista", "Isle of Santiago" and "Isle of Parrots".

r to 1976, Cuba was divided into the following provinces (from west to east):

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Administratively
Administrative division

|align="right"| |}Administrative divisions are divisions of a political division. In other words, they are designated portions of a country....
, Cuba
Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
 is divided into fourteen provinces and one special municipality
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
.

List of provinces

From west to east, Cuba's provinces are:
  1. Pinar del Río
    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....
  2. La Habana
    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....
  3. Ciudad de La Habana
    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....
  4. Matanzas
    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....
  5. 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....
  6. 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....
  7. 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....
  8. 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....
  9. 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....
  10. 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 ....
  11. Granma
    Granma Province

    Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Bayamo. Other towns include Manzanillo, Cuba and Pil?n....
  12. 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....
  13. 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....
  14. 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....


Cuba's "special municipality" is the Isla de la Juventud ("Island of Youth"), known until the 1970s as the Isla de Pinos ("Isle of Pines") and previously as "Evangelista", "Isle of Santiago" and "Isle of Parrots".

History

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Prior to 1976, Cuba was divided into the following provinces (from west to east):
  • Pinar del Río
  • La Habana, contained the present day province of La Habana
    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....
     and included the city of 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....
  • 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....


Demographics

Pop. = Population. Source: Cuba census 2002 
Province Capital Pop. (2005) Pop. (%) Area (km²) Area (%) Density
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....
 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....
 7.02 13.2 50.22
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....
 Ciego de Ávila
Ciego de Ávila

Ciego de ?vila is a city in the central part of Cuba and the capital of Ciego de ?vila Province. The city has a population of about 86,100.Ciego de ?vila lies on the Carretera Central highway and on a major railroad....
 3.68 5.6 60.70
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....
 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....
 3.54 3.9 94.54
Ciudad de la Habana 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....
 19.70 740 0.7
Granma
Granma Province

Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Bayamo. Other towns include Manzanillo, Cuba and Pil?n....
 Bayamo
Bayamo

Bayamo is the capital city of the Granma Province of Cuba, and one of the largest cities in the Oriente region.The community of Bayamo lies on a plain by the Bayamo River....
 7.36 7.9 98.20
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....
 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....
 4.54 6.0 82.22
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....
 Holguín
Holguín

Holgu?n is a municipality and city, the capital of the Cuban Holgu?n Province....
 9.14 8.5 109.90
Nueva Gerona
Nueva Gerona

Nueva Gerona is the capital city of the Isla de la Juventud special municipality of Cuba. The city is located between the hills of Caballos and Casas, about 3 km up the R?o Casas, which provides a navigable waterway to the Caribbean Sea....
 0.77 2.1 35.78
La Habana 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....
 6.36 5.3 124.06
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 ....
 4.70 6.0 79.77
Matanzas
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....
 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....
 6.00 10.0 56.80
Pinar del Río
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....
 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....
 6.50 10.2 66.63
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....
 Sancti Spíritus
Sancti Spíritus

Sancti Sp?ritus is a municipality and city in the province of Sancti Sp?ritus Province, central Cuba, and is the provincial capital. Sancti Sp?ritus is Latin language for Holy Spirit....
 4.12 6.3 68.33
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....
 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....
 9.27 5.9 168.32
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....
 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....
 7.31 7.6 97.17
Cuba
Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
 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....
 101.72


Presidents of the People's Power Provincial Assemblies

Presidents of the Provincial Assemblies of People's Power in each province in the country (Mayor).

Province President of the Provincial Assembly
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....
Jesús Arturo García Collazo
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....
Agustín Gregorio Arza Pascual
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....
Rolando Díaz González
Ciudad de la HabanaJuan Contino Aslán
Juan Contino Aslán

Juan Contino Asl?n is the current city mayor of Havana, Cuba. He is the President of the People's Power Provincial Assembly of the City of Havana , a member of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, diputado to the National Assembly, and a member of the Council of State, a potential candidate for the Politburo....
Granma
Granma Province

Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Bayamo. Other towns include Manzanillo, Cuba and Pil?n....
Jesús Antonio Infante López
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....
Luis Fernando Navarro Fernández
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....
Alberto Olivera Fis
Isla de la JuventudRoberto Unger Pérez
La HabanaArmando Cuellar Domínguez
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 ....
Víctor Luis Rodríguez Carballosa
Matanzas
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....
Nilo Tomás Díaz Fundora
Pinar del Río
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....
Vidal Pérez Baños
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....
Fidel Pérez Luzbert
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....
Rolando Yero García
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....
Alexander Rodriguez Rosada


See also

  • Politics of Cuba
    Politics of Cuba

    Politics of Cuba take place within a framework of a Socialist state. Cuba is constitutionally defined as a "Socialism state guided by the principles of Jos? Mart?, and the political ideas of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Vladimir Lenin." The present Constitution of Cuba also ascribes the role of the Communist Party of Cuba to be the "leadin...
  • Ranked list of Cuban provinces
    Ranked list of Cuban provinces

    Ranked list of Provinces of Cuba of Cuba.SummarySee also* Provinces of Cuba * Demographics of CubaReferences...
  • Cuba Census 2002 data
    Demographics of Cuba

    This article is about the demographics features of the population of Cuba, including population density, Ethnic group, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....
  • List of places in Cuba
    List of places in Cuba

    A list of places in Cuba:...
  • Municipalities of Cuba
    Municipalities of Cuba

    The Provinces of Cuba of Cuba are divided into 169 municipality or municipios. The were defined by Cuban Law Number 1304 of July 3, 1976....
  • ISO 3166-2:CU
    ISO 3166-2:CU

    ISO 3166-2:CUis an International Organization for Standardization standard which defines geocodes: it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to...


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