Matanzas Province

Statistics Capital:  Matanzas Area:  11,802.72km² Inhabitants:  694,476 Population Density:  57.27 per km² Map 
Matanzas is one of the provinces of Cuba. 

 Location 
 Major towns 
Major towns in the province include Cárdenas, Jovellanos and the capital of the same name, Matanzas. The resort town of Varadero is also located in this province.

 Geographical location and appearance 
The second largest in Cuba, Matanzas province is largely flat, with its highest point (Pan de Matanzas) at only 380m above sea level.

The north coast has numerous small cays of its coast, and scrubland and mangroves near the shoreline.

The southern coast has one of Cuba's most distinctive features: an enormous marsh, Ciénaga de Zapata that covers both the southern part of the province and the peninsula of the same name. East of the peninsula lies the Bay of Pigs, the site of the failed US backed invasion.

 Economy 
Of Cuba's provinces, Matanzas is one of the most industrialised, with petroleum wells, refineries, supertanker facilities, and 21 sugar mills to process the harvests of the fields of sugarcane in the province.

 Municipalities 
 Agramonte
 Alacranes
 Arcos de Canasí
 Bolondrón
 Cárdenas
 Carlos Rojas
 Colón
 Guamacaro
 Jagüey Grande
 Jovellanos
 Juan Gualberto Gómez
 Los Arabos
 Manguito
 Martí
 Matanzas
 Máximo Gómez
 Pedro Betancourt
 Perico
 San Antonio de Cabezas
 San José de los Ramos
 Santa Ana (Cidra)
 Unión de Reyes
 Varadero

References
Cuba Demographycs 
 Other websites 
Provincial portal 

Category:Provinces of Cuba