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

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
File:Escudo de la Provincia Camagüey.png	Camagüey	Camagüey	667,600	7.02	&&&&&&&&&&&15386.&&&&&015,386	13.2	50.22
File:Escudo de la Provincia Ciego de Ávila.png	Ciego de Ávila	Ciego de Ávila	321,000	3.68	&&&&&&&&&&&&5962.&&&&&05,962	5.6	60.70
File:Escudo de la Provincia Cienfuegos.png	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
File:Escudo de la Provincia Granma.png	Granma	Bayamo	739,200	7.36	&&&&&&&&&&&&8452.&&&&&08,452	7.9	98.20
File:Escudo de la Provincia Guantánamo.png	Guantánamo	Guantánamo	466,000	4.54	&&&&&&&&&&&&6366.&&&&&06,366	6.0	82.22
File:Escudo de la Provincia Holguín.png	Holguín	Holguín	912,900	9.14	&&&&&&&&&&&&9105.&&&&&09,105	8.5	109.90
File:Escudo de la Isla de la Juventud.png	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
File:Escudo de la Provincia Las Tunas.png	Las Tunas	Victoria de Las Tunas	437,200	4.70	&&&&&&&&&&&&6373.&&&&&06,373	6.0	79.77
File:Escudo de la Provincia Matanzas.png	Matanzas	Matanzas	559,300	6.00	&&&&&&&&&&&11669.&&&&&011,669	10.0	56.80
File:Escudo de la Provincia Pinar del Río.png	Pinar del Río	Pinar del Río	640,700	6.50	&&&&&&&&&&&10860.&&&&&010,860	10.2	66.63
File:Escudo de la Provincia Sancti Spíritus.png	Sancti Spíritus	Sancti Spíritus	400,000	4.12	&&&&&&&&&&&&6737.&&&&&06,737	6.3	68.33
File:Escudo de la Provincia Santiago de Cuba.png	Santiago de Cuba	Santiago de Cuba	914,100	9.27	&&&&&&&&&&&&6343.&&&&&06,343	5.9	168.32
File:Escudo de la Provincia Villa Clara-2.png	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