Cienfuegos Province

Cienfuegos Province
Province of Cuba
Country	Cuba
Capital	Cienfuegos
Area[1]
• Total	4,186.60 km^2 (1,616.46 sq mi)
Population (2010-12-31)[1]
• Total	405,481
• Density	97/km^2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	+53-43

Cienfuegos (Spanish pronunciation: [sjeɱˈfweɣos]) 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.

Overview

Flamingos in the Guanaroca lagoon

Until 2011 Cienfuegos was the smallest province in Cuba (excluding the city of Havana and the Isla de la Juventud) with an economy almost entirely dedicated to the growing and processing of sugar. Sugar mills and sugarcane plantations dot the landscape. There are waterfalls in the sierra of the province.

Scuba diving off Cienfuegos province is extremely popular both with tourists and locals. There are numerous underwater caves, and well over 50 dive sites in the province.

The provinces of Cienfuegos, Sancti Spíritus, and Villa Clara were once all part of the now defunct province of Santa Clara.

Municipalities

Municipality	Population (2004)	Area (km²)	Location	Remarks
Abreus	30,330	564	22°16′50″N 80°34′4″W / 22.28056°N 80.56778°W
Aguada de Pasajeros	31,687	680	22°23′5″N 80°50′46″W / 22.38472°N 80.84611°W
Cienfuegos	163,824	333	22°08′45″N 80°26′11″W / 22.14583°N 80.43639°W	Provincial capital
Cruces	32,139	198	22°20′32″N 80°16′34″W / 22.34222°N 80.27611°W
Cumanayagua	51,435	1,099	22°09′9″N 80°12′4″W / 22.15250°N 80.20111°W
Lajas	22,602	430	22°24′59″N 80°17′26″W / 22.41639°N 80.29056°W
Palmira	33,153	318	22°14′40″N 80°23′39″W / 22.24444°N 80.39417°W
Rodas	33,477	552	22°20′34″N 80°33′19″W / 22.34278°N 80.55528°W

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

Demographics

In 2004, the province of Cienfuegos had a population of 398,647.^[2] With a total area of 4,180 km² (1,610 sq mi),^[4] the province had a population density of 95.37/km² (247.0/sq mi).

References

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.
2. Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
3. Statoids (July 2003). "Municipios of Cuba". Retrieved 2007-10-06.
4. Government of Cuba (2002). "Population by Province" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-10-02.

External links

• Cienfuegos (Spanish)