Mayabeque Province

Mayabeque is one of two new provinces in Cuba, which was created from the splitting of the province of Havana- country on 1 January 2011. The namesake of the province is the eponymous river Río Mayabeque.

Mayabeque consists of the eastern part of the ancient province of Havana- country. It is bordered to the west by the province of Artemisa also founded in 2011, in the northwest of the capital, Havana, and on the east by the province of Matanzas. The northern border is the coastline of Florida Street and the south borders the Gulf of Batabanó.

The Mayabeque province consists of 13 municipios and houses on an area of ​​3733 km ² 381 466 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 102.2 per square kilometer. The provincial capital is San José de las Lajas.

Administrative divisions

Source: Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas e Instituto de Planificación Física/2010