Oriente
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Oriente (Spanish for "East") was one of six provinces of Cuba until 1976. It was known as "Santiago de Cuba Province" before 1905. The name is still used to refer to the eastern part of the country. The provincial capital was Santiago de Cuba.
The province was split up in 1976, with the administrative re-adjustment proclaimed by Cuban Law Number 1304 of July 3, 1976.[1].
The territory of "Oriente" is nowadays represented by 5 provinces:
Present day municipalities that were part of Oriente include Bartolomé Masó · Bayamo · Buey Arriba · Campechuela · Cauto Cristo · Guisa · Jiguaní · Manzanillo · Media Luna · Niquero · Pilón · Río Cauto · Yara in Granma Province, Baracoa · Caimanera · El Salvador · Guantánamo · Imías · Maisí · Manuel Tames · Niceto Pérez · San Antonio del Sur · Yateras in Guantánamo Province, Antilla · Báguanos · Banes · Cacocum · Calixto Garcia · Cueto · Frank País · Gibara · Holguín · Mayarí · Moa · Rafael Freyre · Sagua de Tánamo · Urbano Noris in Holguín Province, Amancio · Colombia · Jesús Menéndez · Jobabo · Majibacoa · Manatí · Puerto Padre · Victoria de Las Tunas in Las Tunas and Contramaestre · Guamá · Mella · Palma Soriano · San Luis · Santiago de Cuba · Segundo Frente · Songo - La Maya · Tercer Frente in Santiago de Cuba Province.
[edit] References
- ^ Fifth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, Vol. II, published by the United Nations, New York, 1991
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