Artemisa Province

Province of Cuba

Artemisa Province
Province of Cuba
Coordinates: 22°48′49″N 82°45′48″W / 22.81361°N 82.76333°W / 22.81361; -82.76333 (Artemisa Province)Coordinates: 22°48′49″N 82°45′48″W / 22.81361°N 82.76333°W / 22.81361; -82.76333 (Artemisa Province)
Country	Cuba
Capital	Artemisa
Municipalities	Mariel, Guanajay, Caimito, Bauta, San Antonio de los Baños, Güira de Melena, Alquízar, Artemisa, Candelaria, San Cristóbal, Bahía Honda
Area [1]
• Total	4,004.27 km2 (1,546.06 sq mi)
Highest elevation	681 m (2,234 ft)
Population (2010-12-31)[1]
• Total	502,312
• Density	130/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
Area code(s)	+53-47

Artemisa Province is one of the two new provinces created from the former La Habana Province, whose creation was approved by the Cuban National Assembly on August 1, 2010, the other being Mayabeque Province.^[2][3][4] The new provinces were enforced on January 1, 2011.

Contents

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  1 Overview
  


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  2 Municipalities
  


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  3 Topography
  


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  4 See also
  


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  5 References
  


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  6 External links
  

Overview

Artemisa was the largest city and municipality of the former La Habana Province. The newly formed province combined the eight western municipalities of La Habana Province and three eastern municipalities of neighbor province Pinar del Río (Bahía Honda, Candelaria and San Cristóbal). The capital and largest city is Artemisa (47,000 pop. in 2015).

The new province is only larger than Havana city and Mayabeque, but with more population than four other Cuban provinces. It is the most densely populated, after Havana city and Santiago de Cuba.

The economy of the Artemisa province is based mainly on agriculture (fruits, potatoes, rice, vegetables, sugar cane) and industry of building materials (two cement factories), food processing industry and power plants. It contains the important port of Mariel in the northern coast. The province is also important in the military sector with the main Cuban Air Force base (San Antonio de los Baños) the Western base of the Cuban Navy (Cabañas Bay) and the Military Academy (College) "Antonio Maceo" in Caimito.

Municipalities

Map of Artemisa Province. Deep yellow color indicates former municipalities of Pinar del Río Province

Road Map of Artemisa Province

Municipality	km²	Population
Mariel	270.85	44,786
Guanajay	110.26	28,750
Caimito	239.4	39,304
Bauta	155.13	48,024
San Antonio de los Baños	126.37	49,942
Güira de Melena	199.22	39,821
Alquízar	194.36	32,501
Artemisa	688.7	82,917
Bahía Honda	784.14	45,124
Candelaria	301.42	20,283
San Cristóbal	934.4	70,940
Total	4,004.27	502,392

Source: Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas 2010^[5]

Topography

The maximum elevation in the province is The Guajaibon peak (700 meters), and is located near N 22 47' 19" W 83 21' 52" in Sierra del Rosario range.

See also

• Soroa


• Las Terrazas


• Guaniguanico


• Sierra del Rosario

References

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   ^ ^ab "Lugar que ocupa el territorio según la superficie y la población" (PDF). Una MIRADA a Cuba (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas. Cuba. 2010..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


2. 
   ^ La racionalidad como premisa - Periódico Granma
   


3. 
   ^ Proponen en Pleno del Partido dos nuevas provincias cubanas: Artemisa y Mayabeque (+ Infografía) - Cubadebate
   


4. 
   ^ ¿Por qué Artemisa y Mayabeque?^{[permanent dead link]}
   


5. 
   ^ Mejor atención al pueblo y más funcionalDiario Granma
   

External links

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  Media related to Artemisa Province at Wikimedia Commons

Places adjacent to Artemisa Province
Straits of Florida Straits of Florida City of Havana Pinar del Río Province Artemisa Province Mayabeque Province Isle of Youth Gulf of Batabanó Canarreos Archipelago Gulf of Batabanó

v t e Provinces of Cuba
Current	Artemisa Camagüey Ciego de Ávila Cienfuegos Ciudad de La Habana Granma Guantánamo Holguín Isla de la Juventud Las Tunas Matanzas Mayabeque Pinar del Río Sancti Spíritus Santiago de Cuba Villa Clara
Historical	Pinar del Río La Habana Santa Clara (Las Villas) Camagüey (Puerto Principe) Oriente (Santiago de Cuba)
Municipalities of Artemisa Alquízar Artemisa Bahía Honda Bauta Caimito Candelaria Guanajay Güira de Melena Mariel San Antonio de los Baños San Cristóbal

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