Cienfuegos Province

Cienfuegos (Template:IPA) 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)	Population (2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Area (km2)	Location	Remarks
Abreus	Template:Commas	30,277	Template:Commas	Template:Coord
Aguada de Pasajeros	Template:Commas	31,279	Template:Commas	Template:Coord
Cienfuegos	Template:Commas	178,368	Template:Commas	Template:Coord	Provincial capital
Cruces	Template:Commas	28,977	Template:Commas	Template:Coord
Cumanayagua	Template:Commas	47,118	Template:Commas	Template:Coord
Lajas	Template:Commas	21,187	Template:Commas	Template:Coord
Palmira	Template:Commas	31,813	Template:Commas	Template:Coord
Rodas	Template:Commas	32,719	Template:Commas	Template:Coord

Source: Population from 2004 Census.<ref name=atenas>Template:Cite web</ref> Area from 1976 municipal re-distribution.<ref name="statoids">Template:Cite web</ref>

Demographics

In 2004, the province of Cienfuegos had a population of 398,647.<ref name=atenas/> With a total area of Template:Convert,<ref name=census2002>Template:Cite web</ref> the province had a population density of Template:Convert.

External links

• Cienfuegos Template:Webarchive (Spanish)

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