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Provinces of Cuba

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Provinces of Cuba

Cuba consists of 14 provinces, plus one special municipality.

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  1. Isle of Youth (Isla de la Juventud)
  2. Pinar del Río
  3. Havana (La Habana)
  4. Havana City (Ciudad de La Habana)
  5. Matanzas
  6. Cienfuegos
  7. Villa Clara
  8. Sancti Spíritus
  1. Ciego de Ávila
  2. Camagüey
  3. Las Tunas
  4. Granma
  5. Holguín
  6. Santiago de Cuba
  7. 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").

Historically, before the 1970s, Cuba was divided into the following provinces:

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1910s map, showing historic provinces of Cuba
Large Version of Map (221kb)

See also: List of places in Cuba

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