Matanzas Province
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Matanzas (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns in the province include Cárdenas, Colón, Jovellanos and the capital of the same name, Matanzas. The resort town of Varadero is also located in this province.
Among Cuban provinces, Matanzas is one of the most industrialized, with petroleum wells, refineries, supertanker facilities, and 21 sugar mills to process the harvests of the fields of sugarcane in the province.
Geography
The second largest in Cuba, Matanzas province is largely flat, with its highest point (Pan de Matanzas) at only 380m above sea level.
The north-western coast is largely rocky, with a few beaches, while the north-eastern coast has numerous small cays of its coast (part of Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago), and scrubland and mangroves near the shoreline. Cuba's northernmost point is located on the Hicacos Peninsula.
The southern coast has one of Cuba's most distinctive features: an enormous marsh, Ciénaga de Zapata that covers both the southern part of the province and the Zapata Peninsula. East of the peninsula lies the Bay of Pigs, the site of the failed US backed invasion.
Municipalities
From 1976 to 2010 Matanzas was sub-divided into 14 municipalities.[1] Starting from 2011, the municipality of Varadero was abolished and merged to Cárdenas. Thus Matanzas now has 13 municipalities.
| Municipality | Population (2004) |
Population (2022) |
Area (km²) |
Location | Remarks |
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| Calimete | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Cárdenas | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Cienaga de Zapata | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Playa Larga |
| Colón | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Jagüey Grande | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Jovellanos | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Limonar | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Los Arabos | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Martí | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Matanzas | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Province capital |
| Pedro Betancourt | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Perico | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Unión de Reyes | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| Varadero | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | see Cárdenas | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Abolished in 2010 |
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Source: Population from 2004 Census.[2] Area from 1976 municipal re-distribution.[3]
Demographics
In 2004, the province of Matanzas had a population of 675,980.[2] With a total area of Script error: No such module "convert".,[4] the province had a population density of Script error: No such module "convert"..
See also
References
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