Provinces of 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".

[edit] History

Cuba's former provinces, as shown on a 1910s map.

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

Pinar del Río
La Habana
Matanzas
Las Villas (before 1940, "Santa Clara")
Camagüey (before 1899, "Puerto Príncipe")
Oriente (before 1905, "Santiago de Cuba")

These provinces correspond to the following areas on the map: Pinar del Rio (item 2), La Habana (items 1, 3, 4), Matanzas (5), Las Villas (approximately 6, 7, and 8 on map), Camaguey (roughly 9 and 10) and Oriente (11, 12, 13, 14 and 15). The present subdivisions closely resemble those of Spanish military provinces during the Cuban Wars of Independence in which the most troublesome areas were subdivided.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Demographics

Pop. = Population. Source: Cuba census 2002 ^[1]

Province	Capital	Pop. (2005)	Pop. (%)	Area (km²)	Area (%)	Density
Camagüey	Camagüey	&&&&&&&&&&784178.0784,178	7.02	&&&&&&&&&&&14134.014,134	13.2	50.22
Ciego de Ávila	Ciego de Ávila	&&&&&&&&&&411766.0411,766	3.68	&&&&&&&&&&&&5962.05,962	5.6	60.70
Cienfuegos	Cienfuegos	&&&&&&&&&&395183.0395,183	3.54	&&&&&&&&&&&&4149.04,149	3.9	94.54
Ciudad de la Habana	Havana	&&&&&&&&&2201610.02,201,610	19.70	740	0.7	&&&&&&&&&&&&3053.4900003,053.49
Granma	Bayamo	&&&&&&&&&&822452.0822,452	7.36	&&&&&&&&&&&&8452.08,452	7.9	98.20
Guantánamo	Guantánamo	&&&&&&&&&&507118.0507,118	4.54	&&&&&&&&&&&&6366.06,366	6.0	82.22
Holguín	Holguín	&&&&&&&&&1021321.01,021,321	9.14	&&&&&&&&&&&&9105.09,105	8.5	109.90
Isla de la Juventud	Nueva Gerona	&&&&&&&&&&&86559.086,559	0.77	&&&&&&&&&&&&2199.02,199	2.1	35.78
La Habana	Havana	&&&&&&&&&&711066.0711,066	6.36	&&&&&&&&&&&&5669.05,669	5.3	124.06
Las Tunas	Victoria de Las Tunas	&&&&&&&&&&525485.0525,485	4.70	&&&&&&&&&&&&6373.06,373	6.0	79.77
Matanzas	Matanzas	&&&&&&&&&&670427.0670,427	6.00	&&&&&&&&&&&11669.011,669	10.0	56.80
Pinar del Río	Pinar del Río	&&&&&&&&&&726574.0726,574	6.50	&&&&&&&&&&&10860.010,860	10.2	66.63
Sancti Spíritus	Sancti Spíritus	&&&&&&&&&&460328.0460,328	4.12	&&&&&&&&&&&&6737.06,737	6.3	68.33
Santiago de Cuba	Santiago de Cuba	&&&&&&&&&1036281.01,036,281	9.27	&&&&&&&&&&&&6343.06,343	5.9	168.32
Villa Clara	Santa Clara	&&&&&&&&&&817395.0817,395	7.31	&&&&&&&&&&&&8069.08,069	7.6	97.17
Cuba	Havana	&&&&&&&&11177743.011,177,743		&&&&&&&&&&106827.0106,827		101.72