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".

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]

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

References

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

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