Cities

• Camagüey
  Camagüey
  Camagüey is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third largest city. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province.After almost continuous attacks from pirates the original city was moved inland in 1528.The new city was built with a confusing lay-out of winding alleys that made...
  
  
• Cienfuegos
  Cienfuegos
  Cienfuegos is a city on the southern coast of Cuba, capital of Cienfuegos Province. It is located about from Havana, and has a population of 150,000. The city is dubbed La Perla del Sur...
  
  
• Guantánamo
  Guantánamo
  Guantánamo is a municipality and city in southeast Cuba and capital of Guantánamo Province.Guantánamo is served by the Caimanera port and the site of a famous U.S. Naval base. The area produces sugarcane and cotton wool...
  
  
• Havana
  Havana
  Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
  
  
• Holguín
  Holguín
  Holguín is a municipality and city, the capital of the Cuban Province of Holguín. It also includes a tourist area, offering beach resorts in the outskirts of the region.-History:...
  
  
• Matanzas
  Matanzas
  Matanzas is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas. It is famed for its poets, culture, and Afro-Cuban folklore.It is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas , east of the capital Havana and west of the resort town of Varadero.Matanzas is called the...
  
  
• Pinar del Río
  Pinar del Río
  Pinar del Río is a city in Cuba. It is the capital of Pinar del Río Province.Inhabitants of the area are called Pinareños.Neighborhoods in the city include La Conchita, La Coloma, Briones Montoto and Las Ovas.-History:...
  
  
• Placetas
  Placetas
  Placetas is a city in the Villa Clara Province in the center of Cuba; before the change in the country's government in 1959 the province was called Las Villas. Close towns include Zulueta , San Juan de los Remedios , Cabaiguán and Fomento , and Santa Clara and Camajuani...
  
  
• Santa Clara
  Santa Clara, Cuba
  Santa Clara is the capital city of the Cuban province of Villa Clara. It is located in the most central region of the province and almost in the most central region of the country.- History :Santa Clara was founded by 175 people on July 15th, 1689...
  
  
• Santiago de Cuba
  Santiago de Cuba
  Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city of Cuba and capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island, some south-east of the Cuban capital of Havana....
  
  

Provinces

• Camagüey Province
  Camagüey Province
  Camagüey is the largest of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Camagüey. Other towns include Florida and Nuevitas.-Geography:Camagüey is mostly low lying, with no major hills or mountain ranges passing through the province...
  
  
• Ciego de Ávila Province
  Ciego de Ávila Province
  Ciego de Ávila is one of the provinces of Cuba, and was previously part of Camagüey Province. Its capital is Ciego de Ávila, which lies on the Carretera Central , and the second city is Morón, further north....
  
  
• Cienfuegos Province
  Cienfuegos Province
  Cienfuegos is one of the provinces of Cuba. The capital city of the province is also called Cienfuegos and was founded by French settlers in 1819....
  
  
• Ciudad de La Habana
• Granma Province
  Granma Province
  Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Bayamo. Other towns include Manzanillo and Pilón.-History:...
  
  
• Guantánamo Province
  Guantánamo Province
  Guantánamo is the easternmost province of Cuba. Its capital is also called Guantánamo. Other towns include Baracoa. The province surrounds the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay.-History:...
  
  
• Holguín Province
  Holguín Province
  Holguín is one of the provinces of Cuba, the third most populous after Ciudad de la Habana and Santiago de Cuba. It lies in the northeast of the country. Its major cities include Holguín , Banes, Antilla, Mayarí, and Moa....
  
  
• La Habana Province
  La Habana Province
  Havana Province was one of the provinces of Cuba, prior to being divided into two new provinces of Artemisa and Mayabeque on January 1, 2011. It had 711,066 people in the 2002 census. The largest city was Artemisa .-Geography:...
  
  
• Las Tunas Province
  Las Tunas Province
  Las Tunas is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns include Puerto Padre and Amancio, as well as the capital, Victoria de Las Tunas ....
  
  
• Matanzas Province
  Matanzas Province
  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...
  
  
• Pinar del Río Province
  Pinar del Río Province
  Pinar del Río is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is at the western end of the island of Cuba.-Geography:The Pinar del Río province is Cuba's westernmost province and contains one of Cuba's three main mountain ranges, the Cordillera de Guaniguanico, divided into the easterly Sierra del Rosario and...
  
  
• Sancti Spiritus Province
  Sancti Spíritus Province
  Sancti Spíritus is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is the identically named Sancti Spíritus. Another major city is Trinidad.The southern coast of the province is flat, but the western portion of Sancti Spíritus province is mountainous. The southeast has numerous mangroves and swamps...
  
  
• Santiago de Cuba Province
  Santiago de Cuba Province
  Santiago de Cuba Province is the second most populated province in the island of Cuba. The largest city Santiago de Cuba is the main administrative center...
  
  
• Villa Clara Province
  Villa Clara Province
  Villa Clara is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is located in the central region of the island bordering with the Atlantic at north, Matanzas Province by west, Sancti Spiritus by east, and Cienfuegos on the South. Villa Clara shares with Cienfuegos and Sancti Spiritus on the south the Escambray...
  
  

Historic provinces

• Pinar del Río
• La Habana
• Matanzas
• Las Villas (before 1940, "Santa Clara
  Santa Clara Province
  Santa Clara was a historical province of Cuba. Until 1976, its territory was that of the modern Cuban provinces of Villa Clara, Cienfuegos and Sancti Spíritus....
  
  "), contained the present day provinces of Cienfuegos
  Cienfuegos Province
  Cienfuegos is one of the provinces of Cuba. The capital city of the province is also called Cienfuegos and was founded by French settlers in 1819....
  
  , Villa Clara
  Villa Clara Province
  Villa Clara is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is located in the central region of the island bordering with the Atlantic at north, Matanzas Province by west, Sancti Spiritus by east, and Cienfuegos on the South. Villa Clara shares with Cienfuegos and Sancti Spiritus on the south the Escambray...
  
   and Sancti Spíritus
  Sancti Spíritus Province
  Sancti Spíritus is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is the identically named Sancti Spíritus. Another major city is Trinidad.The southern coast of the province is flat, but the western portion of Sancti Spíritus province is mountainous. The southeast has numerous mangroves and swamps...
  
  
• Camagüey (before 1899, "Puerto Príncipe"), contained the present day provinces of Camagüey
  Camagüey Province
  Camagüey is the largest of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Camagüey. Other towns include Florida and Nuevitas.-Geography:Camagüey is mostly low lying, with no major hills or mountain ranges passing through the province...
  
   and Ciego de Ávila
  Ciego de Ávila Province
  Ciego de Ávila is one of the provinces of Cuba, and was previously part of Camagüey Province. Its capital is Ciego de Ávila, which lies on the Carretera Central , and the second city is Morón, further north....
  
  
• Oriente (before 1905, "Santiago de Cuba"), contained the present day provinces of Las Tunas
  Las Tunas Province
  Las Tunas is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns include Puerto Padre and Amancio, as well as the capital, Victoria de Las Tunas ....
  
  , Granma
  Granma Province
  Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Bayamo. Other towns include Manzanillo and Pilón.-History:...
  
  , Holguín
  Holguín Province
  Holguín is one of the provinces of Cuba, the third most populous after Ciudad de la Habana and Santiago de Cuba. It lies in the northeast of the country. Its major cities include Holguín , Banes, Antilla, Mayarí, and Moa....
  
  , Santiago de Cuba
  Santiago de Cuba Province
  Santiago de Cuba Province is the second most populated province in the island of Cuba. The largest city Santiago de Cuba is the main administrative center...
  
   and Guantánamo
  Guantánamo Province
  Guantánamo is the easternmost province of Cuba. Its capital is also called Guantánamo. Other towns include Baracoa. The province surrounds the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay.-History:...
  
  

Special territories

• Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
  Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
  Guantanamo Bay Naval Base is located on of land and water at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba which the United States leased for use as a coaling station following the Cuban-American Treaty of 1903. The base is located on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the southeastern end of Cuba. It is the oldest overseas...
  
  , treaty enclave of the United States
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
  

Geographic features

• Gulfs and bays: Gulf of Batabanó
  Gulf of Batabanó
  The Gulf of Batabanó , also called the Batabanó Gulf, is an inlet or strait off southwestern Cuba in the Caribbean Sea, separating mainland Cuba from the Isle of Youth...
  
  , Bay of Havana, Ensenada de la Broa
  Ensenada de la Broa
  Ensenada de la Broa is a bay in southern Cuba. It is located at , in the provinces of Matanzas and Havana. Bay is a part of the Gulf of Batabano....
  
  , Bay of Cárdenas
  Bay of Cárdenas
  The Bay of Cárdenas is a shallow bay on Cuba's northern shore, in the province of Matanzas.It is located on the Cuban coast, facing the Nicholas Channel, and is delimited to the north by the Hicacos Peninsula. To the north-east it is flanked by cays of the Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago, such as...
  
  , Gulf of Cazones
  Gulf of Cazones
  Gulf of Cazones is a large gulf in southern Cuba. It is located at , south of provinces of Matanzas and Cienfuegos....
  
  , Gulf of Guacanayabo
  Gulf of Guacanayabo
  The Gulf of Guacanayabo is a bay along the southern coast of Cuba, bordered by Granma and Las Tunas provinces. It is located at .The largest port on the bay is Manzanillo, ad to the north-west, the gulf is bordered by the Jardines de la Reina archipellago...
  
  , Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Bay of Pigs
  Bay of Pigs
  The Bay of Pigs is an inlet of the Gulf of Cazones on the southern coast of Cuba. By 1910, it was included in Santa Clara Province, and then instead to Las Villas Province by 1961, but in 1976, it was re-assigned to Matanzas Province, when the original six provinces of Cuba were re-organized into...
  
  , Bay of Santa Clara
  Bay of Santa Clara
  The Bay of Santa Clara is a bay on Cuba's north coast, located between the Nicholas Channel and the northern coast of the provinces of Matanzas and Villa Clara....
  
  , Bay of Matanzas
• Islands: Colorados Archipelago
  Colorados Archipelago
  The Colorados Archipelago is a chain of isles and cays on Cuba's north-western coast.The sea surrounding the islands is used mainly for fishing, with commercial captures of lobster, sponge, oysters, red snapper and tuna...
  
  ; Canarreos Archipelago
  Canarreos Archipelago
  Canarreos Archipelago is an archipelago of Cuba.It is located south of the main island of Cuba, in the Caribbean Sea, at . It is bordered to the east by the Gulf of Cazones, to the north by the Gulf of Batabano and to the west by the Los Indios Channel....
  
  : Isla de la Juventud (Isla de Pinos), Cayo Largo del Sur
  Cayo Largo del Sur
  Cayo Largo del Sur, also known simply as Cayo Largo, cayo largo means largo island, is a small resort island belonging to Cuba, in the Caribbean Sea no more than long and wide...
  
  , Ernst Thälmann Island
  Ernst Thälmann Island
  Ernst Thälmann Island is a 15 kilometre long and 500 metre wide Cuban island in the Gulf of Cazones named for German Communist politician Ernst Thälmann. It contains highly developed reef formations with a high degree of biodiversity and hosts a number of endangered species, including black coral...
  
   (Cayo Blanco), Jardines del Rey o Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago:Cayo Coco
  Cayo Coco
  Cayo Coco is an island in central Cuba, well known for its luxurious all inclusive resorts. It lies within the Ciego de Ávila Province and is part of a chain of islands called Jardines del Rey . The cay is administered by the Morón municipality. It is named for the white ibis, locally called Coco...
  
  , Cayo Romano
  Cayo Romano
  Cayo Romano is an island on the northern coast of Cuba, in the province of Camagüey. It is the largest cay of the Jardines del Rey archipelago with 777 km².It is an administrative part of the Esmeralda municipality....
  
  , Cayo Guajaba
  Cayo Guajaba
  Cayo Guajaba is a cay on the northern coast of Cuba, in the province of Camagüey.It is part of Jardines del Rey archipelago, and is located west of Cayo Sabinal, east of Cayo Romano, north of The Bay of la Gloria and borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north.The island is administered as part of...
  
  , Cayo Guillermo
  Cayo Guillermo
  Cayo Guillermo is a kay of the Jardines del Rey archipelago. It is located on the northern coast of Cuba, between the Bay of Dogs and the Atlantic Ocean..It is part of the Ciego de Ávila Province, and lies in the Morón municipality...
  
  , Cayo Sabinal
  Cayo Sabinal
  Cayo Sabinal is a cay on the northern coast of Cuba, in the province of Camagüey. Has an area of 335 km².It is the southrnmost island of the Jardines del Rey archipelago, and is located north of the Bay of Nuevitas , east of Cayo Guajaba and the Bay of la Gloria and borders the Atlantic Ocean to...
  
  ; Jardines de la Reina
  Jardines de la Reina
  Jardines de la Reina is an archipelago in the southern part of Cuba, in the provinces of Camagüey and Ciego de Ávila.It was named by Christopher Columbus to honour the Queen of Spain. Jardines de la Reina was established as a national park...
  
  ; Cayo Saetia
  Cayo Saetia
  Cayo Saetia is a cay in Holguín Province, Cuba.It is located southeast of Holguín between the Bay of Nipe & the Atlantic Ocean. The landmass is connected to the mainland by an animal control bridge. Once a private government game reserve, it now houses a resort managed by the Grupo de Turismo...
  
  
• Rivers: Almendares River
  Almendares River
  The Almendares River is a 45 km river in the western part of Cuba. It originates from the east of Tapaste and flows north-west into the Straits of Florida. The river acts as a water supply for Havana....
  
  , Cauto River
  Cauto River
  The Cauto River or Río Cauto, located in southeast Cuba, is the longest river of Cuba.It flows on a total length of from the Sierra Maestra to the west and north-west, and enters the Caribbean Sea north of Manzanillo. However, it provides only of transport waterway...
  
  , Toa River
  Toa river
  The Toa River,tony leflore :) is a river located in the Guantánamo Province of Cuba, which flows across the country. This river is 131 kilometers long and has 72 tributaries. The Toa river is well known for its crystal clear waters....
  
  
• Lakes: Laguna de Leche
  Laguna de Leche
  Laguna de Leche is the largest natural fresh water lake in Cuba. It is located in the wetland of northern Ciego de Ávila Province, north of Morón, and has a total surface of...
  
  , Ariguanabo, Zaza Reservoir
  Zaza Reservoir
  Zaza Reservoir is the largest man-made reservoir in Cuba. It is located in the Sancti Spíritus Province in central Cuba, south-east of the city of Sancti Spíritus and north-west of La Sierpe. It has a water mirror area of...
  
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• Mountains: Loma del Capiro
  Loma del Capiro
  Loma del Capiro is a group of three small peaks located in the city of Santa Clara, Cuba.The elevation gained local and worldwide historic significance after Che Guevara used it as hideout and command center to invade the city in a battle known as Battle of Santa Clara during the Cuban Revolution...
  
  , Topes de Collantes
  Topes de Collantes
  Topes de Collantes is a nature reserve park in the Escambray Mountains range in Cuba. It also refers to the third highest peak in the reserve, where a small settlement and tourist center is located, all sharing the same name.- Geography :...
  
  , Escambray Mountains
  Escambray Mountains
  The Escambray Mountains are a mountain range in the central region of Cuba, in the provinces of Sancti Spíritus, Cienfuegos and Villa Clara....
  
  , Mogotes de Jumagua
  Mogotes de Jumagua
  The Mogotes de Jumagua are a set of 8 elevated limestone features in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba. They are located within the orographic group Heights of the Northwest in the center-north of the Island of Cuba, two kilometers south-west from the city of Sagua la Grande.They pinnacles are of...
  
  , Sierra Cristal
  Sierra Cristal National Park
  Sierra Cristal National Park is a national park in Cuba. It is located in the municipalities of Mayarí and Sagua de Tánamo in southern Holguín Province. It was the first National Park created in Cuba in 1930, and covers an area of ....
  
  , Sierra Maestra
  Sierra Maestra
  Sierra Maestra is a mountain range that runs westward across the south of the old Oriente Province from what is now Guantánamo Province to Niquero in southeast Cuba, rising abruptly from the coast. Some view it as a series of connecting ranges , which joins with others extending to the west...
  
  , Sierra del Rosario
  Sierra del Rosario
  Sierra del Rosario is mountain range in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba. It is located in the western part of the Guaniguanico Range, in the north-central part of the province, between the municipalities of La Palma, Los Palacios and Consolación del Sur....
  
  , San Juan Hill, Cuchillas del Toa
  Cuchillas del Toa
  Cuchillas del Toa is a Biosphere Reserve in Cuba. It is located in the eastern part of the country, mostly in the Guantánamo Province and reaching to the north into the Holguín Province. Most of the reserve is established in the drainage area of the Toa River, which flows for to the Atlantic...
  
  , Pico Turquino
  Pico Turquino
  Pico Turquino is the highest point in Cuba. It is located in the southeast part of the island, in the Sierra Maestra mountain range in Santiago de Cuba Province....
  
  , El Yunque, Cuba
  El Yunque, Cuba
  El Yunque is a high mountain located west of Baracoa and the Baracoa Bay in Cuba's Guantanamo Province. It has a table mountain shape that resembles an anvil ....
  
  
• Other: Guanahacabibes Peninsula
  Guanahacabibes Peninsula
  Guanahacabibes Peninsula is the westernmost point on the island of Cuba. It is located in Pinar del Río Province, in the municipality of Sandino and is sparsely populated. The waters surrounding the peninsula are important spiny lobster and red snapper fishing grounds. It also boasts the category...
  
  , Hicacos Peninsula
  Hicacos Peninsula
  Hicacos is a peninsula on Cuba's northern shore, in the province of Matanzas. The resort town of Varadero is located on the peninsula. The name comes from a species of cactus.-Geography:...
  
  , Viñales Valley
  Viñales Valley
  Viñales Valley is a karstic depression in Cuba. The valley has an area of and is located in the Sierra de los Organos, just north of Viñales in the Pinar del Río Province....
  
  , Zapata Peninsula
  Zapata Peninsula
  Zapata Peninsula is a large peninsula in Matanzas Province, southern Cuba, at . Ciénaga de Zapata National Park is located on the peninsula....
  
  , Escaleras de Jaruco

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