Provinces of Cuba

Cuba is divided into fourteen provinces and one special municipality.

 List of provinces 

From west to east, Cuba's provinces are:
 Isla de la Juventud
 Pinar del Río
 Artemisa
 City of Havana (Ciudad de La Habana)
 Mayabeque
 Matanzas
 Cienfuegos
 Villa Clara
 Sancti Spíritus
 Ciego de Ávila
 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
 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 Cuba Census 2002  Population table 
Banner Province Capital Pop. (2005) Pop. (%) Area (km²) Area (%) Density Camagüey Camagüey      7.02     13.2    50.22 Ciego de Ávila Ciego de Ávila      3.68        5.6    60.70 Cienfuegos Cienfuegos      3.54        3.9    94.54 Ciudad de La Habana Havana    19.70  727  0.7   Granma Bayamo      7.36        7.9    98.20 Guantánamo Guantánamo      4.54        6.0    82.22 Holguín Holguín     9.14        8.5   109.90 Isla de la Juventud Nueva Gerona       0.77       2.1    35.78 La Habana Havana      6.36       5.3   124.06 Las Tunas Victoria de Las Tunas      4.70        6.0    79.77 Matanzas Matanzas      6.00      10.0    56.80 Pinar del Río Pinar del Río      6.50      10.2    66.63 Sancti Spíritus Sancti Spíritus      4.12        6.3    68.33 Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba     9.27        5.9   168.32 Villa Clara Santa Clara      7.31        7.6    97.17   Republic of Cuba Ciudad de La Habana       101.72

 References 

 Other websites 
 Map of contemporary provinces of Cuba on webhavana.com 
 Cuban Census 2002