Provinces

Administratively, Cuba is divided into fourteen provinces and one special municipality.

From west to east, Cuba's provinces (capitals shown in brackets) are:

• Isla de la Juventud (Nueva Gerona)
• Pinar del Río (Pinar del Río)
• La Habana (Havana)
• Ciudad de La Habana (Havana)
• Matanzas (Matanzas)
• Cienfuegos (Cienfuegos)
• Villa Clara (Santa Clara)
• Sancti Spíritus (Sancti Spíritus)
• Ciego de Ávila (Ciego de Ávila)
• Camagüey (Camagüey)
• Las Tunas (Victoria de Las Tunas)
• Granma (Bayamo)
• Holguín (Holguín)
• Santiago de Cuba (Santiago de Cuba)
• Guantánamo (Guantánamo)

Cuba's 'special municipality' is the Isla de la Juventud ('Island of Youth'), known until the 1970s as the Isla de Pinos ('Isle of Pines') and previously as 'Evangelista', 'Isle of Santiago' and 'Isle of Parrots'.