Artemisa,
Mariel, Guanajay,
Caimito,
Bauta, San Antonio de los Baños, Bejucal, San José de las Lajas, Jaruco, Santa Cruz del Norte, Madruga, Nueva Paz, Güines, Melena del Sur, Quivicán, Alquízar, Batabanó, Cuba, Güira de Melena, San Nicolás de Bari
Havana Province (
Spanish: Provincia La Habana) was one of the
provinces of Cuba from 1976, when the nation's provincial structure was revised, through the end of 2010. On January 1, 2011, the province was divided into two new provinces,
Artemisa and
Mayabeque.[1] La Habana Province had 711,066 people in the 2002 census.[2] The largest city was
Artemisa (81,209), as the much larger city of
Havana was structured in a different province,
Ciudad de La Habana Province.
Geography
La Habana Province bordered
Pinar del Río, and
Matanzas. It had coasts in the south and north and had dozens of towns and a few small cities which rank between the 20 and 40 largest of the island.
Economy
Much of the province's
agriculture was geared towards the production of food, primarily
cattle,
potatoes and
fruit. Unlike much of Cuba,
sugar and
tobacco played only a small role in the province's economy. There was also much
industrialization in the province, with numerous
electricity plants and sugar mills.
Sources: Population from 2004 Census;[3] Area from 1976 municipal re-adjustment[4]
Demographics
In 2004, the province of La Habana had a population of 722,045.[3] With a total area of 5,731.59 km2 (2,212.98 sq mi),[5] the province had a population density of 126.0/km2 (326/sq mi).