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Provinces of Cuba

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Administratively, Cuba is divided into 15 provinces and one special municipality (the Isla de la Juventud). The current structure has been in place since August 2010, when the then-La Habana Province was divided into Artemisa Province and Mayabeque Province.

List of provincesEdit

From west to east, Cuba's provinces are: Template:Div-col

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

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HistoryEdit

1879–1976Edit

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Cuba's provinces, 1879 to 1976
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Cuba's provinces on a 1910s map

The provinces were created in 1879 by the Spanish colonial government. From 1879 to 1976, Cuba was divided into six provinces, which maintained with little changes the same boundaries and capital cities, although with modifications in official names. These "historical" provinces are the following (from west to east):

  1. Pinar del Río
  2. La Habana, included the city of Havana, current Mayabeque, some municipalities of current Artemisa Province (prior to 1970: 5 municipalities; from 1970 to 2011, 8 municipalities, including Artemisa city itself). Isla de Pinos ("Isle of Pines") was considered a "special municipality" in the province of La Habana.
  3. Matanzas
  4. Las Villas (before 1940 named "Santa Clara"), contained the present-day provinces of Cienfuegos, Villa Clara, Sancti Spíritus, and Southern Matanzas Province.
  5. Camagüey (before 1899 named "Puerto Príncipe"), contained the present-day provinces of Camagüey and Ciego de Ávila, as well as two municipalities of current Las Tunas Province (prior to 1970).
  6. Oriente (before 1905 named "Santiago de Cuba"), contained the present-day provinces of Las Tunas, Granma, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo

1976–2011Edit

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Cuba's provinces as of December 1976

In December 1976, the original six provinces were reconstituted into 14 provinces plus one special municipality:<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Div col

  1. Pinar del Río
  2. La Habana
  3. Ciudad de La Habana
  4. Matanzas
  5. Cienfuegos
  6. Villa Clara
  7. Sancti Spíritus
  8. Ciego de Ávila
  9. Camagüey
  10. Las Tunas
  11. Granma
  12. Holguín
  13. Santiago de Cuba
  14. Guantánamo
  15. Isla de Pinos ("special municipality")

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Isla de Pinos was renamed Isla de la Juventud on 3 August 1978.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

2011–presentEdit

In August 2010, the Cuban National Assembly split the then-La Habana Province into two new provinces: Artemisa (which incorporated three eastern municipalities of neighboring Pinar del Río) and Mayabeque. The new provinces started functioning from 1 January 2011.<ref>Proponen en Pleno del Partido dos nuevas provincias cubanas: Artemisa y Mayabeque (+ Infografía) - Cubadebate</ref> Havana City Province (Ciudad de La Habana Province) recovered its original name, La Habana Province.

DemographicsEdit

Pop. = Population. Source: Cuba census 2002 <ref>Cuba Census 2002 Template:Webarchive Population table</ref>

Province Capital Pop. (2012) Pop. (%) Area Area (%) Density
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Camagüey Camagüey Template:Commas 7.02 Template:Convert 13.2 Template:Convert
Ciego de Ávila Ciego de Ávila Template:Commas 3.68 Template:Convert 5.6 Template:Convert
Cienfuegos Cienfuegos Template:Commas 3.54 Template:Convert 3.9 Template:Convert
La HabanaTemplate:Nbsp La Habana (Havana) Template:Commas 19.70 Template:Convert 0.7 Template:Convert
Granma Bayamo Template:Commas 7.36 Template:Convert 7.9 Template:Convert
Guantánamo Guantánamo Template:Commas 4.54 Template:Convert 6.0 Template:Convert
Holguín Holguín Template:Commas 9.14 Template:Convert 8.5 Template:Convert
Template:NowrapTemplate:Dagger Nueva Gerona Template:Commas 0.77 Template:Convert 2.1 Template:Convert
Artemisa Artemisa Template:Commas 4.49 Template:Convert 3.75 Template:Convert
Las Tunas Template:NowrapTemplate:Nbsp Template:Commas 4.70 Template:Convert 6.0 Template:Convert
Matanzas Matanzas Template:Commas 6.00 Template:Convert 10.0 Template:Convert
Mayabeque San José de las Lajas Template:Commas 3.41 Template:Convert 3.49 Template:Convert
Pinar del Río Pinar del Río Template:Commas 5.32 Template:Convert 8.32 Template:Convert
Sancti Spíritus Sancti Spíritus Template:Commas 4.12 Template:Convert 6.3 Template:Convert
Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba Template:Commas 9.27 Template:Convert 5.9 Template:Convert
Villa Clara Santa Clara Template:Commas 7.31 Template:Convert 7.6 Template:Convert
Cuba La Habana Template:Commas Template:Convert Template:Convert

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Presidents of the People's Power Provincial CouncilsEdit

The following are the presidents of the Provincial People's Councils in each province in the country (local governments).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Provincial People's Councils replaced the Provincial Assemblies in the 2019 Constitution and are made up of provincial representatives elected by the municipal assemblies or councils.

Province President of the Provincial Council
Camagüey Jesús Arturo García Collazo
Ciego de Ávila Agustín Gregorio Arza Pascual
Cienfuegos Rolando Díaz González
La HabanaTemplate:Nbsp Reinaldo García Zapata
Granma Jesús Antonio Infante López
Guantánamo Luis Fernando Navarro Fernández
Holguín Alberto Olivera Fis
Isla de la JuventudTemplate:Dagger Roberto Unger Pérez
Mayabeque Armando Cuellar Domínguez
Artemisa Raúl Rodríguez Cartaya
Las Tunas Víctor Luis Rodríguez Carballosa
Matanzas Nilo Tomás Díaz Fundora
Pinar del Río Vidal Pérez Baños
Sancti Spíritus Fidel Pérez Luzbert
Santiago de Cuba Rolando Yero García
Villa Clara Alexander Rodriguez Rosada

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See alsoEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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