Holguín Province

Location o Holguín Province in Cuba

Holguín is ane o the provinces o Cuba, the third maist populous efter Ciudad de la Habana an Santiago de Cuba. It lees in the northeast o the kintra. Its major ceeties include Holguín (the caipital), Banes, Antilla, Mayarí, an Moa.

The province haes a population o slichtly ower ane million fowk. Its territory exceeds 9,300 km2 (3,600 sq mi), 25 percent o which are covered bi forest.

[edit] History

Statue o Christopher Columbus near Guardalavaca

Christopher Columbus landit in what is believed tae hae been the day's Holguín province on October 27, 1492. He declared that it was "the maist bonnie kintra human eyes haed iver seen".

The Holguín province wis established in 1978, when it wis split frae the Oriente region.

[edit] Economy

Like hintle o Cuba, Holguín's economy is based aroond sugarcane, though ither crops such as corn an coffee, as well as minin, are an aw lairge earners for the province.

A large cobalt processin plant wi shippin facilities wis built at Moa, uisin foreign investment, hintle o it frae Canadae. Chromium, nickel, iron an steel plants dot the province as well.

Tourism haes anerlie recently begun tae be developed, afferin beach resorts in the ootskirts o the region, wi a number o hotels aroond the Guardalavaca aurie, Playa Pesquero, an Cayo Saetia. The Cuchillas del Toa Biosphere Reserve Sierra Cristal Naitional Pairk an Alejandro de Humboldt National Park are pairtly locatit in the province.

[edit] Municipalities

Holguín is dividit intae 14 municipalities:

Municipality	Population (2004)	Aurie (km²)	Location	Remarks
Antilla	Template:Number table sorting/positive12,222	Template:Number table sorting/positive100	20°50′55″N 75°45′9″W / 20.84861°N 75.7525°W / 20.84861; -75.7525 (Antilla)
Báguanos	Template:Number table sorting/positive52,854	Template:Number table sorting/positive806	20°45′47″N 76°01′46″W / 20.76306°N 76.02944°W / 20.76306; -76.02944 (Báguanos)
Banes	Template:Number table sorting/positive81,274	Template:Number table sorting/positive781	20°58′12″N 75°42′41″W / 20.97°N 75.71139°W / 20.97; -75.71139 (Banes)
Cacocum	Template:Number table sorting/positive42,623	Template:Number table sorting/positive661	20°44′38″N 76°19′27″W / 20.74389°N 76.32417°W / 20.74389; -76.32417 (Cacocum)
Calixto Garcia	Template:Number table sorting/positive57,867	Template:Number table sorting/positive617	20°51′15″N 76°36′7″W / 20.85417°N 76.60194°W / 20.85417; -76.60194 (Calixto Garcia)	Buenaventura
Cueto	Template:Number table sorting/positive34,503	Template:Number table sorting/positive326	20°38′54″N 75°55′54″W / 20.64833°N 75.93167°W / 20.64833; -75.93167 (Cueto)
Frank País	Template:Number table sorting/positive25,621	Template:Number table sorting/positive510	20°39′53″N 75°16′53″W / 20.66472°N 75.28139°W / 20.66472; -75.28139 (Frank País)	Cayo Mambí
Gibara	Template:Number table sorting/positive72,810	Template:Number table sorting/positive630	21°06′26″N 76°08′12″W / 21.10722°N 76.13667°W / 21.10722; -76.13667 (Gibara)
Holguín	Template:Number table sorting/positive326,740	Template:Number table sorting/positive666	20°53′20″N 76°15′26″W / 20.88889°N 76.25722°W / 20.88889; -76.25722 (Holguín)	Provincial Capital
Mayarí	Template:Number table sorting/positive105,505	Template:Number table sorting/positive1,307	20°39′34″N 75°40′40″W / 20.65944°N 75.67778°W / 20.65944; -75.67778 (Mayarí)
Moa	Template:Number table sorting/positive71,079	Template:Number table sorting/positive730	20°38′24″N 74°55′3″W / 20.64°N 74.9175°W / 20.64; -74.9175 (Moa)
Rafael Freyre	Template:Number table sorting/positive50,080	Template:Number table sorting/positive620	21°01′42″N 75°59′47″W / 21.02833°N 75.99639°W / 21.02833; -75.99639 (Rafael Freyre)
Sagua de Tánamo	Template:Number table sorting/positive52,013	Template:Number table sorting/positive704	20°35′10″N 75°14′30″W / 20.58611°N 75.24167°W / 20.58611; -75.24167 (Sagua de Tánamo)
Urbano Noris	Template:Number table sorting/positive43,892	Template:Number table sorting/positive846	20°36′5″N 76°07′57″W / 20.60139°N 76.1325°W / 20.60139; -76.1325 (Urbano Noris)

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Source: Population frae 2004 Census.^[1] Area from 1976 municipal re-distribution.^[2]

[edit] Demographics

In 2004, the province o Holguin haed a population o 1,029,083.^[1] Wi a total aurie o 9,292.83 km2 (3,587.98 sq mi),^[3] the province haed a population density o 110.7 /km2 (287 /sq mi).

[edit] See an aw

Oriente

[edit] References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Atenas.cu (2004). 2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. . Retrieved on 6 October 2007. . (Spainyie)
↑ Statoids (July 2003). Municipios of Cuba. Retrieved on 6 October 2007. .
↑ Government of Cuba (2002). Population by Province. Retrieved on 2 October 2007. . (Spainyie)

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[atenas-0] 1.0 ^1.1 Atenas.cu (2004). 2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. . Retrieved on 6 October 2007. . (Spainyie)

[statoids-1] Statoids (July 2003). Municipios of Cuba. Retrieved on 6 October 2007. .

[census2002-2] Government of Cuba (2002). Population by Province. Retrieved on 2 October 2007. . (Spainyie)

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