Las Tunas Province

Las Tunas Province
Province of Cuba
Coat of arms
Country	Cuba
Capital	Las Tunas
Government
• President	Jaime Ernesto Chiang Vega
Area [1]
• Total	6,595.25 km2 (2,546.44 sq mi)
Population  (2021-12-31)
• Total	528,853
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
Area code	+53-31
HDI (2019)	0.755 [2] high · 16th of 16
Website	https://www.lastunas.gob.cu/es/

Las Tunas is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns include Puerto Padre, Amancio, and the capital city, Las Tunas (historically Victoria de Las Tunas). ^[3]

Climate and agriculture

The southern coast, which opens onto the Gulf of Guacanayabo, is marshy and characterised by mangroves. This wet area is used to grow sugarcane, as the wet climate is well suited for the crop.

Cattle are also grazed in the province.

History

Las Tunas was part of the Oriente province, until that province was divided into five smaller provinces in 1975.

In the same year, a large development program was started to modernize the town of Las Tunas and connect it by road to Havana.^{[ citation needed ]}

Municipalities

Municipality	Population (2022) [4]	Area (km²)	Location	Remarks
Amancio	36,132	857	20°49′11″N77°35′3″W / 20.81972°N 77.58417°W / 20.81972; -77.58417 (Amancio)	[a]
Colombia	31,482	563	20°59′27″N77°24′57″W / 20.99083°N 77.41583°W / 20.99083; -77.41583 (Colombia)	[a]
Jesús Menéndez	46,729	638	21°09′49″N76°28′38″W / 21.16361°N 76.47722°W / 21.16361; -76.47722 (Jesús Menéndez)
Jobabo	40,345	884	20°54′29″N77°16′59″W / 20.90806°N 77.28306°W / 20.90806; -77.28306 (Jobabo)
Las Tunas	214,939	891	20°57′36″N76°57′16″W / 20.96000°N 76.95444°W / 20.96000; -76.95444 (Las Tunas)	Provincial capital
Majibacoa	40,235	621	20°55′2″N76°52′34″W / 20.91722°N 76.87611°W / 20.91722; -76.87611 (Calixto)	Calixto
Manatí	28,773	953	21°18′53″N76°56′15″W / 21.31472°N 76.93750°W / 21.31472; -76.93750 (Manatí)
Puerto Padre	90,218	1,178	21°11′43″N76°36′5″W / 21.19528°N 76.60139°W / 21.19528; -76.60139 (Puerto Padre)
Sources: Population from 2004 Census. [5] Area from 1976 municipal re-distribution. [6]

Notes

1. Former municipality of a then-larger Camagüey Province.

Demographics

In 2004, the province of Las Tunas had a population of 529,850. ^[5] With a total area of 6,587.75 km² (2,543.54 sq mi), ^[7] the province had a population density of 80.4/km² (208/sq mi).

See also

• Cuba portal

• Oriente Province

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
2. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
3. (in Spanish) Historical site of the city of Las Tunas Archived 2012-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Las Tunas (Province, Cuba) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
5. Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
6. Statoids (July 2003). "Municipios of Cuba" . Retrieved 2007-10-06.
7. Government of Cuba (2002). "Population by Province" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-10-02.

External links

• Periodico 26 (Las Tunas Province newspaper)
• (in Spanish) Las Tunas portal