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Matanzas Province

Province of Cuba

Field	Value
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->	name	Matanzas Province
native_name_lang
settlement_type	Province of Cuba
image_skyline	Matanzas_provincial_sign.jpg
image_caption	Sign seen when entering the Province
image_shield	Coat_of_arms_of_Matanzas_Province.jpg
image_map	Matanzas in Cuba.svg
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Cuba
seat_type	Capital
seat	Matanzas
parts_type	Municipalities
parts_style	para
leader_title	President
leader_name	Mario Felipe Sabines Lorenzo
unit_pref	Metric
area_total_km2	11798.02
population_footnotes
population_total	710,127
population_as_of	2021-12-31
population_density_km2	auto
blank_name_sec2	HDI (2019)
blank_info_sec2	0.789
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timezone1	EST
utc_offset1	-5
area_code	+53-52
iso_code	CU-04
website	www.matanceros.gob.cu/es

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Matanzas () 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. 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
Calimete
Cárdenas
Cienaga de Zapata			Playa Larga
Colón
Jagüey Grande
Jovellanos
Limonar
Los Arabos
Martí
Matanzas			Province capital
Pedro Betancourt
Perico
Unión de Reyes
Varadero		see Cárdenas	Abolished in 2010
	****	****

Source: Population from 2004 Census. Area from 1976 municipal re-distribution.

Demographics

In 2004, the province of Matanzas had a population of 675,980. the province had a population density of 57.3 /km2.

References

"Cuba: Administrative Division (Provinces and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
"Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab".
Atenas.cu. "Municipalities of Matanzas".
Atenas.cu. (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality".
Statoids. (July 2003). "Municipios of Cuba".
Government of Cuba. (2002). "Population by Province".

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