Holguín Province

Statistics Capital:  Holguín Area:  9,292.83 km² Inhabitants:  1,021,321 Population Density:  109.90 per km² Map 
Holguín is one of the provinces of Cuba, the second most populous after Ciudad de la Habana. It lies in the southeast of the country. Its major cities include Holguín (the capital), Banes, Antilla, Mayarí, and Moa.

The province has a population of slightly over one million people. Its territory extends over more than 9300 km², 25 percent of which are covered by forest.

 History 
Christopher Columbus landed in what is believed to have been today's Holguín province on October 27, 1492. He declared that it was "the most beautiful country human eyes had ever seen".

The Holguín province was established in 1978, when it was split from the Oriente region.
 Illustrious Sons 
General Calixto García (1839-1898), 19th century patriot. Wars of independence from Spain.

Fulgencio Batista (1901–1973), General, President, Dictator of Cuba.
Commander in Chief Fidel Castro (1926–2016), lawyer, revolutionary, ex-President of Cuba.
Army General Raúl Castro (1931), minister of the Revolutionary Army Forces, Vice-President and President of Cuba.

 Economy 
Like much of Cuba, Holguín's economy is based around sugarcane, though mining, corn and coffee are also large earners for the province.

At Moa, there is a huge cobalt processing plant with shipping facilities, that was constructed with the help of foreign aid , much of it from Canada. There are chrome, nickel, iron and steel plants dotted throughout the province as well.

Tourism has only recently begun to be experimented with by the Fidel Castro government, and in Holguín, there are numerous hotels around the Guardalavaca area.

 Municipalities 

Holguín is divided into 14 municipalities:

 Antilla
 Báguanos
 Banes
 Cacocum
 Buenaventura
 Cueto
 Frank País (Cayo Mambí)
 Gibara
 Holguín
 Mayarí
 Moa
 Rafael Freyre
 Sagua de Tánamo
 Urbano Noris

 Other websites 
 Holguín.cu 
 Holguín Hotels 

Category:Provinces of Cuba
Category:1978 establishments in North America
Category:20th-century establishments in Cuba