Provinces of Cuba

Cuba is divided into fourteen provinces and one special municipality.

List of provinces

Isla
de la
Juventud

Pinar
del Río

La Habana

Ciudad de La
Habana

Matanzas

Cienfuegos

Villa
Clara

Sancti
Spíritus

Ciego de
Ávila

Camagüey

Las
Tunas

Granma

Holguín

Santiago
de Cuba

Guantánamo

From west to east, Cuba's provinces are:

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

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

Cuban Provinces 1879 to 1976

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 were used to be 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).

Demographics

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

Banner	Province	Capital	Pop. (2005)	Pop. (%)	Area (km²)	Area (%)	Density
	Camagüey	Camagüey	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".667,600	7.02	&&&&&&&&&&&15386.&&&&&015,386	13.2	50.22
	Ciego de Ávila	Ciego de Ávila	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".321,000	3.68	&&&&&&&&&&&&5962.&&&&&05,962	5.6	60.70
	Cienfuegos	Cienfuegos	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".326,400	3.54	&&&&&&&&&&&&4149.&&&&&04,149	3.9	94.54
	Ciudad de La Habana	Havana	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".1,929,432	19.70	727	0.7	&&&&&&&&&&&&3053.&&&&&03,053
	Granma	Bayamo	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".739,200	7.36	&&&&&&&&&&&&8452.&&&&&08,452	7.9	98.20
	Guantánamo	Guantánamo	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".466,000	4.54	&&&&&&&&&&&&6366.&&&&&06,366	6.0	82.22
	Holguín	Holguín	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".912,900	9.14	&&&&&&&&&&&&9105.&&&&&09,105	8.5	109.90
	Isla de la Juventud	Nueva Gerona	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".58,100	0.77	&&&&&&&&&&&&2397.&&&&&02,397	2.1	35.78
	La Habana	Havana	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".585,900	6.36	&&&&&&&&&&&&5732.&&&&&05,732	5.3	124.06
	Las Tunas	Victoria de Las Tunas	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".437,200	4.70	&&&&&&&&&&&&6373.&&&&&06,373	6.0	79.77
	Matanzas	Matanzas	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".559,300	6.00	&&&&&&&&&&&11669.&&&&&011,669	10.0	56.80
	Pinar del Río	Pinar del Río	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".640,700	6.50	&&&&&&&&&&&10860.&&&&&010,860	10.2	66.63
	Sancti Spíritus	Sancti Spíritus	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".400,000	4.12	&&&&&&&&&&&&6737.&&&&&06,737	6.3	68.33
	Santiago de Cuba	Santiago de Cuba	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".914,100	9.27	&&&&&&&&&&&&6343.&&&&&06,343	5.9	168.32
	Villa Clara	Santa Clara	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","..Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".765,800	7.31	&&&&&&&&&&&&8069.&&&&&08,069	7.6	97.17
	Republic of Cuba	Ciudad de La Habana	&&&&&&&&&9723605.&&&&&09,723,605		Expression error: Unrecognized word "km"..Expression error: Unrecognized word "km".113,960 km²		101.72

References

1. Cuba Census 2002 Archived 2008-01-17 at the Wayback Machine Population table Archived 2017-10-16 at the Wayback Machine

Other websites

• Map of contemporary provinces of Cuba on webhavana.com Archived 2009-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
• Cuban Census 2002 Archived 2007-02-03 at the Wayback Machine