Provinces of Cuba
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Cuba consists of 14 provinces, plus one special municipality.
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- Isla de la Juventud
- Pinar del Río
- La Habana
- Ciudad de La Habana
- 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 or Isle of Pines (also previously "Evangelista", "Isle of Santiago" and "Isle of Parrots").
History
Image:Cuba1910sMap.jpg Prior to 1976, Cuba was divided into the following provinces (from west to east):
- Pinar del Río
- La Habana
- Matanzas
- Las Villas (called "Santa Clara" before 1940)
- Camagüey (called "Puerto Príncipe" before 1899)
- Oriente (called "Santiago de Cuba" before 1905)
These provinces correspond to the following areas on the map; Pinar del Rio (item 1 on map), Habana (items 2, 3, 4 on map), Matanzas, Las Villas (approximately 6, 7, 8 and 9 on map), Camaguey (roughly 10 and part of 11) and Oriente (part of 11, plus 12, 13, 14 and 15). The present subdivisions closely resemble those of Spanish military provinces during the Cuban Wars of Independence in which the most troublesome areas were subdivided.