Jovellanos
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This article is about the Cuban town. For the Spanish writer, see Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos.
Jovellanos is a city and municipality at the center of Matanzas Province in Cuba.
The municipality covers 214 km² and includes the communities of Asunción, Isabel, Realengo and San José.
The settlement was founded in 1849 on the location of an old ranch called Bemba. It took its current name in 1870, in honor of the Spanish writer Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos. The same year it achieved the status of villa (town).
Jovellanos is an industrial town, with large and small factories, while sugar cane is cultivated in the surrounding areas.
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