Administratively, Cuba is divided into fourteen provinces and one special municipality.
List of provinces
Vorlage:Provinces of Cuba map From west to east, Cuba's provinces are:
- Isla de la Juventud
- Pinar del Río
- La Habana
- Ciudad de La Habana
- Matanzas
- Cienfuegos
- Villa Clara
- Sancti Spíritus
- Ciego de Ávila
- Luis Del Rey
- Camagüey
- Las Tunas
- Granma
- Holguín
- Santiago de Cuba
- 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
Prior to 1976, Cuba was divided into the following provinces from west to east:
- Pinar del Río
- La Habana, contained the present day province of La Habana and included the city of Havana
- Matanzas
- Las Villas (before 1940, "Santa Clara"), contained the present day provinces of Cienfuegos, Villa Clara and Sancti Spíritus
- Camagüey (before 1899, "Puerto Príncipe"), contained the present day provinces of Camagüey and Ciego de Ávila
- Oriente (before 1905, "Santiago de Cuba"), contained the present day provinces of Las Tunas, Granma, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo
Demographics
Pop. = Population. Source: Cuba census 2002 [1]
Presidents of the People's Power Provincial Assemblies
Presidents of the Provincial Assemblies of People's Power in each province in the country (Mayor).[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Cuba Census 2002 Population table
- ↑ Vorlage:Sp icon "Presidentes de las Asambleas Provinciales del Poder Popular en cada provincia". Abgerufen am 10. Februar 2007.
External links
Vorlage:Provinces of Cuba Vorlage:North America administrative divisions