Holguín Province

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Holguín Province
Holguín Province
	Province o Cuba
Kintra	Cuba
Caipital	Holguín
Area
• Total	9209.71 km2 (3,555.89 sq mi)
Population (2010-12-31)
• Total	1,037,161
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
Area code(s)	+53-024
Website	Holguín.cu

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.

History

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

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

Economy

Lik hintle o Cuba, Holguín's economy is based aroond succarcane, tho ither crops such as corn an coffee, as well as minin, are an aw muckle earners for the province.

A muckle cobalt processin plant wi shippin facilities wis biggit 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 nummer 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.

Municipalities

Holguín is dividit intae 14 municipalities:

Municipality	Population (2004)	Aurie (km²)	Location	Remarks
Antilla	7004122220000000000♠12,222	7002100000000000000♠100	20°50′55″N 75°45′9″W / 20.84861°N 75.75250°W / 20.84861; -75.75250 (Antilla)
Báguanos	7004528540000000000♠52,854	7002806000000000000♠806	20°45′47″N 76°01′46″W / 20.76306°N 76.02944°W / 20.76306; -76.02944 (Báguanos)
Banes	7004812740000000000♠81,274	7002781000000000000♠781	20°58′12″N 75°42′41″W / 20.97000°N 75.71139°W / 20.97000; -75.71139 (Banes)
Cacocum	7004426230000000000♠42,623	7002661000000000000♠661	20°44′38″N 76°19′27″W / 20.74389°N 76.32417°W / 20.74389; -76.32417 (Cacocum)
Calixto García	7004578670000000000♠57,867	7002617000000000000♠617	20°51′15″N 76°36′7″W / 20.85417°N 76.60194°W / 20.85417; -76.60194 (Calixto Garcia)	Buenaventura
Cueto	7004345030000000000♠34,503	7002326000000000000♠326	20°38′54″N 75°55′54″W / 20.64833°N 75.93167°W / 20.64833; -75.93167 (Cueto)
Frank País	7004256210000000000♠25,621	7002510000000000000♠510	20°39′53″N 75°16′53″W / 20.66472°N 75.28139°W / 20.66472; -75.28139 (Frank País)	Cayo Mambí
Gibara	7004728100000000000♠72,810	7002630000000000000♠630	21°06′26″N 76°08′12″W / 21.10722°N 76.13667°W / 21.10722; -76.13667 (Gibara)
Holguín	7005326740000000000♠326,740	7002666000000000000♠666	20°53′20″N 76°15′26″W / 20.88889°N 76.25722°W / 20.88889; -76.25722 (Holguín)	Provincial Caipital
Mayarí	7005105505000000000♠105,505	7003130700000000000♠1,307	20°39′34″N 75°40′40″W / 20.65944°N 75.67778°W / 20.65944; -75.67778 (Mayarí)
Moa	7004710790000000000♠71,079	7002730000000000000♠730	20°38′24″N 74°55′3″W / 20.64000°N 74.91750°W / 20.64000; -74.91750 (Moa)
Rafael Freyre	7004500800000000000♠50,080	7002620000000000000♠620	21°01′42″N 75°59′47″W / 21.02833°N 75.99639°W / 21.02833; -75.99639 (Rafael Freyre)
Sagua de Tánamo	7004520130000000000♠52,013	7002704000000000000♠704	20°35′10″N 75°14′30″W / 20.58611°N 75.24167°W / 20.58611; -75.24167 (Sagua de Tánamo)
Urbano Noris	7004438920000000000♠43,892	7002846000000000000♠846	20°36′5″N 76°07′57″W / 20.60139°N 76.13250°W / 20.60139; -76.13250 (Urbano Noris)

Source: Population frae 2004 Census.^[2] Area from 1976 municipal re-distribution.^[3]

Demografics

In 2004, the province o Holguin haed a population o 1,029,083.^[2] Wi a tot aurie o 9,292.83 km2 (3,587.98 sq mi),^[4] the province haed a population density o 110.7 /km2 (287 /sq mi).

See an aw

Oriente

References

↑ ^a ^b "Lugar que ocupa el territorio según la superficie y la población" (PDF). Una MIRADA a Cuba (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas. Cuba. 2010. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 11 Mairch 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2012.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
↑ ^a ^b Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality". Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2007. (in Spaingie)
↑ Statoids (2003). "Municipios of Cuba". Retrieved 6 October 2007. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ Government of Cuba (2002). "Population by Province". Archived frae the original on 8 Julie 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2007. (in Spaingie)

Freemit airtins

(in Spaingie) Holguín.cu Archived 2018-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
Holguin Cuba (in Inglis) (in French)
Ciudad de Holguin Archived 2022-01-27 at the Wayback Machine

[cubaone-1] "Lugar que ocupa el territorio según la superficie y la población" (PDF). Una MIRADA a Cuba (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas. Cuba. 2010. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 11 Mairch 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2012.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)

[atenas-2] Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality". Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2007. (in Spaingie)

[statoids-3] Statoids (2003). "Municipios of Cuba". Retrieved 6 October 2007. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[census2002-4] Government of Cuba (2002). "Population by Province". Archived frae the original on 8 Julie 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2007. (in Spaingie)

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