Municipalities of Cuba
The term " municipality " means, in Cuba, the local authority or geographically limited administrative unit below the level of the province. The 15 Cuban provinces are divided according to the law enacted in the wake of the general Administrative Reform Act No 1304 of 3 July 1976 in 168 municipios, associated with the Isla de la Juventud as a special municipality.
In its basic properties, these administrative units have partly large differences: The largest area of the municipality, at the same time with the smallest population and the lowest population density, the marshes of the Cienaga de Zapata ( 9163 Residents, 4320 km ², 2.2 inhabitants / km ²). The smallest area of the old town of Havana ( 3.42 km ²), the most populous Santiago de Cuba ( 506 037 ) and the most densely populated municipality of Centro Habana is ( 41 004 inhabitants / km ²).
- 3.1 Province of La Habana (1976 - 2010)
- 3.2 province of Pinar del Rio (1976 - 2010)
Summary
The Municipalities are listed by province below:
Municipalities by province
Artemisa Province
The Artemisa Province consists of 11 municipios:
Camagüey Province
The Camagüey province is divided into the following thirteen Municipalities:
Ciego de Ávila Province
The Ciego de Ávila province is divided into ten municipios:
Cienfuegos Province
The Cienfuegos province is divided into eight Municipalities:
Ciudad de La Habana
La Habana, the Cuban capital, is independent province and is divided into 15 municipios.
Granma Province
The Granma province is divided into 13 municipios:
Guantánamo Province
The Guantánamo province is composed of ten Municipalities:
Holguín Province
The Holguín is divided into 14 municipios:
Isla de la Juventud
The " special municipality " Isla de la Juventud is an independent administrative unit.
Las Tunas province
The Las Tunas province is divided into eight Municipalities:
Matanzas Province
The Matanzas province consists of 14 municipios:
Mayabeque Province
The existing since 2011 Mayabeque province is divided into 13 municipios:
Pinar del Rio Province
The Pinar del Río province is divided into 11 municipios:
Sancti Spiritus Province
The Sancti Spiritus province is divided into eight Municipalities:
Santiago de Cuba Province
The Santiago de Cuba province is divided into nine Municipalities.
Province of Villa Clara
The province of Villa Clara consists of 13 municipios:
Historical administrative divisions
Province of La Habana (1976 - 2010)
The province of La Habana is a former colony and was from 1976 to 2010 from 19 Municipalities and was administered by the city of Havana from:
Pinar del Río province (1976 - 2010)
The Pinar del Río province was divided from 1976 to 2010 in 14 municipios: