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Cuba's provinces, 1879 to 1976 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.
Cuba, [c] officially the Republic of Cuba, [d] is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico ...
Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea. It comprises an archipelago of islands centred upon the geographic coordinates 21°3N, 80°00W. Cuba is the principal island, surrounded by four main archipelagos: the Colorados, the Sabana-Camagüey, the Jardines de la Reina and the Canarreos. Cuba's area is 110,860 km 2 (42,800 sq mi) including ...
Politics of Cuba. The provinces of Cuba are divided into 168 municipalities ( Spanish: municipios ). They were defined by Cuban Law Number 1304 of July 3, 1976 [ 1] and reformed in 2010 with the abrogation of the municipality of Varadero and the creation of two new provinces: Artemisa and Mayabeque in place of former La Habana Province .
Oriente Province is in the most eastern region of Cuba with a population of 1,797,606. [3] It stretches across 14,641 square miles (37,920 km 2) [4] and consists of various mountain ranges with the Sierra Maestra region having Cuba's highest mountain peak and elevation in Pico Turquino. Oriente Province is the cradle of much of Cuba's history ...
Latin America and the Caribbean. Cienfuegos (Latin American Spanish: [sjeɱˈfweɣos]), capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba. [5] It is located about 250 km (160 mi) from Havana and has a population of 178,368 in 2022. [3] Since the late 1960s, Cienfuegos has become one of Cuba's main industrial centers ...
Matanzas (Cuban Spanish pronunciation:; Lucumi: Ayá Áta) [4] is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas.Known for its poets, culture, and Afro-Cuban folklore, it is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas (Spanish Bahia de Matanzas), 90 kilometres (56 mi) east of the capital Havana and 32 kilometres (20 mi) west of the resort town of Varadero.
www.santiaguero.gob.cu. Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city in Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province. It lies in the southeastern area of the island, some 870 km (540 mi) southeast of the Cuban capital of Havana. The municipality extends over 1,023.8 km 2 (395.3 sq mi), [2] and contains the communities of Antonio Maceo ...