Municipalities of Cuba

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The provinces of Cuba are divided into 168 municipalities or municipios. They were defined by Cuban Law Number 1304 of July 3, 1976 [1] and reformed in 2010 with the abrogation of the municipality of Varadero and the creation of two new provinces: Artemisa and Mayabeque in place of former La Habana Province.

Summary

The municipalities are listed below, by province:

ProvinceMunicipalities
Artemisa Province
Camagüey Province
Ciego de Ávila Province
Cienfuegos Province
Granma Province
Guantánamo Province
Havana
Holguín Province
Isla de la Juventud Isla de la Juventud (seat: Nueva Gerona)
Las Tunas Province
Matanzas Province
Mayabeque Province
Pinar del Río Province
Sancti Spíritus Province
Santiago de Cuba Province
Villa Clara Province

Municipalities by province

Source: Population from 2004 Census.[2] Area from 1976 municipal re-distribution.[3]

Artemisa Province

Artemisa Province is sub-divided into 11 municipalities. Artemisa was created in 2011 as a split of the former La Habana province and addition of the three most eastern municipalities of Pinar del Río.

MunicipalityPopulation
(2004)
Area
(km²)
LocationRemarks
Alquizar29,61619322°48′24″N 82°34′58″W / 22.80667°N 82.58278°W
Artemisa81,20969022°48′49″N 82°45′48″W / 22.81361°N 82.76333°W
Bauta45,50915722°59′31″N 82°32′57″W / 22.99194°N 82.54917°W
Caimito36,81323822°57′28″N 82°35′47″W / 22.95778°N 82.59639°W
Guanajay28,42911322°55′50″N 82°41′16″W / 22.93056°N 82.68778°W
Güira de Melena37,83817822°48′8″N 82°30′17″W / 22.80222°N 82.50472°W
Mariel42,50426922°59′38″N 82°45′14″W / 22.99389°N 82.75389°W
San Antonio de los Baños46,30012722°53′20″N 82°29′55″W / 22.88889°N 82.49861°W
Bahía Honda45,96878422°54′23″N 83°09′49″W / 22.90639°N 83.16361°W
Candelaria19,52329922°44′40″N 82°57′57″W / 22.74444°N 82.96583°W
San Cristóbal70,83093622°43′1″N 83°03′4″W / 22.71694°N 83.05111°W

Camagüey Province

Camagüey Province is sub-divided into 13 municipalities.

MunicipalityPopulation
(2004)
Area
(km²)
LocationRemarks
Camagüey324,9211,10621°23′2″N 77°54′26″W / 21.38389°N 77.90722°W Provincial capital
Carlos M. de Cespedes25,70765321°34′37″N 78°16′39″W / 21.57694°N 78.27750°W
Esmeralda29,9531,48021°51′22″N 78°06′40″W / 21.85611°N 78.11111°W
Florida73,6121,80021°31′46″N 78°13′21″W / 21.52944°N 78.22250°W
Guáimaro57,0861,84721°03′32″N 77°20′52″W / 21.05889°N 77.34778°W
Jimaguayú21,16979921°16′0″N 77°49′49″W / 21.26667°N 77.83028°W
Minas38,5171,01521°29′22″N 77°36′17″W / 21.48944°N 77.60472°W
Najasa16,47092121°05′2″N 77°44′49″W / 21.08389°N 77.74694°W
Nuevitas44,88241521°32′25″N 77°15′52″W / 21.54028°N 77.26444°W
Santa Cruz del Sur51,3351,12220°43′10″N 77°59′27″W / 20.71944°N 77.99083°W
Sibanicú31,11773621°14′21″N 77°31′15″W / 21.23917°N 77.52083°W
Sierra de Cubitas18,58954921°43′59″N 77°46′14″W / 21.73306°N 77.77056°W Sola
Vertientes53,2992,00521°15′26″N 78°08′56″W / 21.25722°N 78.14889°W

Ciego de Ávila Province

Ciego de Ávila Province is sub-divided into 10 municipalities.

MunicipalityPopulation
(2004)
Area
(km²)
LocationRemarks
Baraguá32,40872821°40′56″N 78°37′28″W / 21.68222°N 78.62444°W Gaspar
Bolivia16,61291822°04′30″N 78°21′1″W / 22.07500°N 78.35028°W
Chambas39,86876922°11′48″N 78°54′47″W / 22.19667°N 78.91306°W
Ciego de Ávila135,73644521°50′53″N 78°45′46″W / 21.84806°N 78.76278°W Provincial capital
Ciro Redondo29,56058822°01′8″N 78°42′10″W / 22.01889°N 78.70278°W
Florencia19,81128622°08′51″N 78°58′1″W / 22.14750°N 78.96694°W
Majagua26,61754421°55′28″N 78°59′26″W / 21.92444°N 78.99056°W
Morón60,61261522°06′39″N 78°37′40″W / 22.11083°N 78.62778°W
Primero de Enero27,81371321°56′43″N 78°25′8″W / 21.94528°N 78.41889°W Violeta
Venezuela27,33371621°45′4″N 78°46′44″W / 21.75111°N 78.77889°W

Cienfuegos Province

Cienfuegos Province is sub-divided into 8 municipalities.

MunicipalityPopulation
(2004)
Area
(km²)
LocationRemarks
Abreus30,33056422°16′50″N 80°34′4″W / 22.28056°N 80.56778°W
Aguada de Pasajeros31,68768022°23′5″N 80°50′46″W / 22.38472°N 80.84611°W
Cienfuegos163,82433322°08′45″N 80°26′11″W / 22.14583°N 80.43639°W Provincial capital
Cruces32,13919822°20′32″N 80°16′34″W / 22.34222°N 80.27611°W
Cumanayagua51,4351,09922°09′9″N 80°12′4″W / 22.15250°N 80.20111°W
Lajas22,60243022°24′59″N 80°17′26″W / 22.41639°N 80.29056°W
Palmira33,15331822°14′40″N 80°23′39″W / 22.24444°N 80.39417°W
Rodas33,47755222°20′34″N 80°33′19″W / 22.34278°N 80.55528°W

La Habana

Havana (Ciudad De La Habana), the national capital, is sub-divided into 15 municipalities.

MunicipalityPopulation
(2004)
Area
(km²)
LocationRemarks
Arroyo Naranjo210,0538323°02′37″N 82°19′58″W / 23.04361°N 82.33278°W
Boyeros188,59313423°00′26″N 82°24′6″W / 23.00722°N 82.40167°W
Centro Habana158,151423°08′0″N 82°23′0″W / 23.13333°N 82.38333°W
Cerro132,3511023°06′49″N 82°21′48″W / 23.11361°N 82.36333°W
Cotorro74,6506623°01′34″N 82°14′51″W / 23.02611°N 82.24750°W
Diez de Octubre227,2931223°05′17″N 82°21′35″W / 23.08806°N 82.35972°W
Guanabacoa112,96412723°03′40″N 82°17′23″W / 23.06111°N 82.28972°W
La Habana del Este178,04114523°09′25″N 82°17′49″W / 23.15694°N 82.29694°W
La Habana Vieja95,383523°08′20″N 82°21′20″W / 23.13889°N 82.35556°W World Heritage Site
La Lisa131,1483823°01′29″N 82°27′47″W / 23.02472°N 82.46306°W
Marianao135,5512123°05′3″N 82°25′47″W / 23.08417°N 82.42972°W
Playa186,9593623°05′39″N 82°26′56″W / 23.09417°N 82.44889°W
Plaza de la Revolución161,6311223°07′28″N 82°23′10″W / 23.12444°N 82.38611°W Government District
Regla44,431923°07′32″N 82°18′55″W / 23.12556°N 82.31528°W
San Miguel del Padrón159,2732623°05′47″N 82°19′36″W / 23.09639°N 82.32667°W

Granma Province

Granma Province is sub-divided into 13 municipalities.

MunicipalityPopulation
(2004)
Area
(km²)
LocationRemarks
Bartolomé Masó53,02462920°10′7″N 76°56′33″W / 20.16861°N 76.94250°W
Bayamo222,11891820°22′54″N 76°38′33″W / 20.38167°N 76.64250°W Provincial capital
Buey Arriba31,32745220°10′25″N 76°44′57″W / 20.17361°N 76.74917°W
Campechuela46,09257720°14′0″N 77°16′44″W / 20.23333°N 77.27889°W
Cauto Cristo21,15955020°33′44″N 76°28′10″W / 20.56222°N 76.46944°W
Guisa50,92359620°15′40″N 76°32′17″W / 20.26111°N 76.53806°W
Jiguaní60,32064620°22′24″N 76°25′20″W / 20.37333°N 76.42222°W
Manzanillo130,78949820°20′23″N 77°06′31″W / 20.33972°N 77.10861°W
Media Luna35,33037620°08′40″N 77°26′10″W / 20.14444°N 77.43611°W
Niquero41,25258220°02′50″N 77°34′41″W / 20.04722°N 77.57806°W
Pilón29,75146219°54′20″N 77°19′15″W / 19.90556°N 77.32083°W
Río Cauto47,8331,50020°33′50″N 76°55′2″W / 20.56389°N 76.91722°W
Yara59,41557620°16′37″N 76°56′49″W / 20.27694°N 76.94694°W

Guantánamo Province

Guantánamo Province is sub-divided into 10 municipalities.

MunicipalityPopulation
(2004)
Area
(km²)
LocationRemarks
Baracoa81,79497720°21′2″N 74°30′37″W / 20.35056°N 74.51028°W
Caimanera10,56236619°59′42″N 75°09′35″W / 19.99500°N 75.15972°W
El Salvador45,66263720°12′35″N 75°13′22″W / 20.20972°N 75.22278°W
Guantánamo244,60374120°08′13″N 75°12′50″W / 20.13694°N 75.21389°W Provincial capital
Imías20,95952420°04′37″N 74°39′6″W / 20.07694°N 74.65167°W
Maisí28,27652520°14′36″N 74°09′21″W / 20.24333°N 74.15583°W La Máquina
Manuel Tames14,20052620°10′50″N 75°03′5″W / 20.18056°N 75.05139°W Jamaica
Niceto Pérez17,78364020°07′40″N 75°20′31″W / 20.12778°N 75.34194°W
San Antonio del Sur26,50958520°03′25″N 74°48′28″W / 20.05694°N 74.80778°W
Yateras20,35866420°21′1″N 74°55′27″W / 20.35028°N 74.92417°W Palenque

Holguín Province

Holguín Province is sub-divided into 14 municipalities.

MunicipalityPopulation
(2004)
Area
(km²)
LocationRemarks
Antilla12,22210020°50′55″N 75°45′9″W / 20.84861°N 75.75250°W
Báguanos52,85480620°45′47″N 76°01′46″W / 20.76306°N 76.02944°W
Banes81,27478120°58′12″N 75°42′41″W / 20.97000°N 75.71139°W
Cacocum42,62366120°44′38″N 76°19′27″W / 20.74389°N 76.32417°W
Calixto García57,86761720°51′15″N 76°36′7″W / 20.85417°N 76.60194°W Buenaventura
Cueto34,50332620°38′54″N 75°55′54″W / 20.64833°N 75.93167°W
Frank País25,62151020°39′53″N 75°16′53″W / 20.66472°N 75.28139°W Cayo Mambí
Gibara72,81063021°06′26″N 76°08′12″W / 21.10722°N 76.13667°W
Holguín326,74066620°53′20″N 76°15′26″W / 20.88889°N 76.25722°W Provincial Capital
Mayarí105,5051,30720°39′34″N 75°40′40″W / 20.65944°N 75.67778°W
Moa71,07973020°38′24″N 74°55′3″W / 20.64000°N 74.91750°W
Rafael Freyre50,08062021°01′42″N 75°59′47″W / 21.02833°N 75.99639°W Santa Lucía
Sagua de Tánamo52,01370420°35′10″N 75°14′30″W / 20.58611°N 75.24167°W
Urbano Noris43,89284620°36′5″N 76°07′57″W / 20.60139°N 76.13250°W San Germán

Isla de la Juventud

Labeled as "special municipality", Isla de la Juventud is administered as a single administrative unit. Nueva Gerona is the municipal capital.

Mayabeque Province

Mayabeque Province is sub-divided into 11 municipalities. Mayabeque was created in 2011 as a split of former La Habana province.

MunicipalityPopulation
(2004)
Area
(km²)
LocationRemarks
Batabanó25,66418722°43′29″N 82°17′23″W / 22.72472°N 82.28972°W
Bejucal25,42512022°55′58″N 82°23′13″W / 22.93278°N 82.38694°W
Güines68,95144522°50′52″N 82°01′25″W / 22.84778°N 82.02361°W
Jaruco25,65827623°02′34″N 82°00′33″W / 23.04278°N 82.00917°W
Madruga30,64046422°54′59″N 81°51′25″W / 22.91639°N 81.85694°W
Melena del Sur20,44522722°46′54″N 82°08′54″W / 22.78167°N 82.14833°W
Nueva Paz24,27751522°45′48″N 81°45′29″W / 22.76333°N 81.75806°W
Quivicán29,25328322°49′29″N 82°21′21″W / 22.82472°N 82.35583°W
San José de las Lajas69,37559122°58′5″N 82°09′21″W / 22.96806°N 82.15583°W
San Nicolás21,56324222°46′55″N 81°54′24″W / 22.78194°N 81.90667°W
Santa Cruz del Norte32,57637623°09′21″N 81°55′35″W / 23.15583°N 81.92639°W

Las Tunas Province

Las Tunas Province is sub-divided into 8 municipalities.

MunicipalityPopulation
(2004)
Area
(km²)
LocationRemarks
Amancio41,52385720°49′11″N 77°35′3″W / 20.81972°N 77.58417°W
Colombia32,94256320°59′27″N 77°24′57″W / 20.99083°N 77.41583°W
Jesús Menéndez51,00263821°09′49″N 76°28′38″W / 21.16361°N 76.47722°W
Jobabo49,40388420°54′29″N 77°16′59″W / 20.90806°N 77.28306°W
Las Tunas187,43889120°57′36″N 76°57′16″W / 20.96000°N 76.95444°W Provincial capital
Majibacoa40,26462120°55′2″N 76°52′34″W / 20.91722°N 76.87611°W Calixto
Manatí33,57395321°18′53″N 76°56′15″W / 21.31472°N 76.93750°W
Puerto Padre93,7051,17821°11′43″N 76°36′5″W / 21.19528°N 76.60139°W

Matanzas Province

As for 2011 Matanzas Province is sub-divided into 13 municipalities, since Varadero municipality was abrogated.

MunicipalityPopulation
(2004)
Area
(km²)
LocationRemarks
Calimete29,73695822°32′2″N 80°54′35″W / 22.53389°N 80.90972°W
Cárdenas103,08756623°02′34″N 81°12′13″W / 23.04278°N 81.20361°W
Cienaga de Zapata8,7504,32022°17′17″N 81°11′51″W / 22.28806°N 81.19750°W Playa Larga
Colón71,57959722°43′21″N 80°54′23″W / 22.72250°N 80.90639°W
Jagüey Grande57,77188222°31′46″N 81°07′57″W / 22.52944°N 81.13250°W
Jovellanos58,68550522°48′38″N 81°11′52″W / 22.81056°N 81.19778°W
Limonar25,42144922°57′22″N 81°24′31″W / 22.95611°N 81.40861°W
Los Arabos25,70276222°44′24″N 80°42′57″W / 22.74000°N 80.71583°W
Martí23,4751,07022°57′9″N 80°55′0″W / 22.95250°N 80.91667°W
Matanzas143,70631723°03′5″N 81°34′30″W / 23.05139°N 81.57500°W Province capital
Pedro Betancourt32,21838822°43′50″N 81°17′27″W / 22.73056°N 81.29083°W
Perico31,14727822°46′31″N 81°00′54″W / 22.77528°N 81.01500°W
Unión de Reyes40,02285622°48′2″N 81°32′13″W / 22.80056°N 81.53694°W
Varadero24,6813223°08′23″N 81°17′10″W / 23.13972°N 81.28611°W merged into Cardenas in 2011

Pinar del Río Province

As for 2011 Pinar del Río Province is sub-divided into 11 municipalities, since the three most eastern municipalities were transferred to Artemisa Province.

MunicipalityPopulation
(2004)
Area
(km²)
LocationRemarks
Bahía Honda45,96878422°54′23″N 83°09′49″W / 22.90639°N 83.16361°W Transferred to Artemisa Province in 2011
Candelaria19,52329922°44′40″N 82°57′57″W / 22.74444°N 82.96583°W Transferred to Artemisa Province in 2011
Consolación del Sur87,5001,11222°30′0″N 83°30′55″W / 22.50000°N 83.51528°W
Guane35,89371722°12′2″N 84°05′1″W / 22.20056°N 84.08361°W
La Palma35,42662122°45′22″N 83°33′12″W / 22.75611°N 83.55333°W
Los Palacios38,95078622°34′57″N 83°14′56″W / 22.58250°N 83.24889°W
Mantua26,06591522°17′27″N 84°17′14″W / 22.29083°N 84.28722°W
Minas de Matahambre34,41985822°34′57″N 83°56′57″W / 22.58250°N 83.94917°W
Pinar del Río190,53270822°25′33″N 83°41′18″W / 22.42583°N 83.68833°W Provincial capital
San Cristóbal70,83093622°43′1″N 83°03′4″W / 22.71694°N 83.05111°W Transferred to Artemisa Province in 2011
San Juan y Martínez45,06140922°16′0″N 83°50′2″W / 22.26667°N 83.83389°W
San Luis34,08576522°16′59″N 83°46′4″W / 22.28306°N 83.76778°W
Sandino39,2451,71822°04′52″N 84°13′18″W / 22.08111°N 84.22167°W
Viñales27,12970422°36′55″N 83°42′57″W / 22.61528°N 83.71583°W

Sancti Spíritus Province

Sancti Spíritus Province is sub-divided into 8 municipalities.

MunicipalityPopulation
(2004)
Area
(km²)
LocationRemarks
Cabaiguán67,22459722°05′2″N 79°29′43″W / 22.08389°N 79.49528°W
Fomento33,52847122°06′19″N 79°43′12″W / 22.10528°N 79.72000°W
Jatibonico42,70827621°56′47″N 79°10′3″W / 21.94639°N 79.16750°W
La Sierpe16,9371,03521°45′39″N 79°14′36″W / 21.76083°N 79.24333°W
Sancti Spíritus133,8431,15121°56′3″N 79°26′37″W / 21.93417°N 79.44361°W Provincial capital
Taguasco36,36551822°00′19″N 79°15′54″W / 22.00528°N 79.26500°W
Trinidad73,4661,15521°48′16″N 79°58′58″W / 21.80444°N 79.98278°W
Yaguajay58,9381,03222°19′50″N 79°14′13″W / 22.33056°N 79.23694°W

Santiago de Cuba Province

Santiago de Cuba Province is sub-divided into 9 municipalities.

MunicipalityPopulation
(2004)
Area
(km²)
LocationRemarks
Contramaestre101,832610.320°18′0″N 76°15′2″W / 20.30000°N 76.25056°W
Guama35,516964.619°57′13″N 76°44′58″W / 19.95361°N 76.74944°W
Mella33,667335.220°22′10″N 75°54′39″W / 20.36944°N 75.91083°W
Palma Soriano124,585845.820°12′51″N 75°59′30″W / 20.21417°N 75.99167°W
San Luis88,49649820°11′17″N 75°50′55″W / 20.18806°N 75.84861°W
Santiago de Cuba472,2551,023.820°02′25″N 75°48′53″W / 20.04028°N 75.81472°W Provincial capital
Segundo Frente40,88554020°24′43″N 75°31′43″W / 20.41194°N 75.52861°W Mayarí Arriba
Songo-La Maya100,28772120°10′24″N 75°38′46″W / 20.17333°N 75.64611°W La Maya
Tercer Frente30,45736420°10′19″N 76°19′38″W / 20.17194°N 76.32722°W Cruce de los Baños

Villa Clara Province

Villa Clara Province is sub-divided into 13 municipalities.

MunicipalityPopulation
(2004)
Area
(km²)
LocationRemarks
Caibarién38,06421222°30′57″N 79°28′20″W / 22.51583°N 79.47222°W
Camajuaní63,54461422°28′5″N 79°43′25″W / 22.46806°N 79.72361°W
Cifuentes33,39151222°37′15″N 80°03′57″W / 22.62083°N 80.06583°W
Corralillo27,57184322°59′9″N 80°34′58″W / 22.98583°N 80.58278°W
Encrucijada33,64134522°37′2″N 79°51′58″W / 22.61722°N 79.86611°W
Manicaragua73,3701,06322°09′1″N 79°58′34″W / 22.15028°N 79.97611°W
Placetas71,83760122°18′58″N 79°39′19″W / 22.31611°N 79.65528°W
Quemado de Güines22,59033822°47′24″N 80°15′21″W / 22.79000°N 80.25583°W
Ranchuelo59,06255622°20′10″N 80°06′46″W / 22.33611°N 80.11278°W
Remedios46,48256022°29′32″N 79°32′44″W / 22.49222°N 79.54556°W
Sagua la Grande56,09766122°48′32″N 80°04′15″W / 22.80889°N 80.07083°W
Santa Clara237,58151422°24′20″N 79°57′14″W / 22.40556°N 79.95389°W Provincial capital
Santo Domingo53,84088322°35′1″N 80°14′18″W / 22.58361°N 80.23833°W

Municipal maps

The maps below show the municipal subdivision of each province, in yellow, within Cuba. Each provincial capital is shown in red.1

Note:

^1Exceptions related to the provinces shown only in red: Havana is a city-province, and shows also its 15 municipal boroughs. Isla de la Juventud is a special (and single) municipality having provincial level.

See also

References

  1. Fifth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, Vol. II, published by the United Nations, New York, 1991
  2. Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
  3. Statoids (July 2003). "Municipios of Cuba". Retrieved 2007-10-06.

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