The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Holguín, Cuba.
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Administratively, Cuba is divided into 15 provinces and one special municipality. The last modification was approved in August 2010, splitting Havana province into two new provinces: Artemisa and Mayabeque. The new provinces started functioning from January 1, 2011. Havana City Province recovered its original name: La Habana.
Holguín is one of the provinces of Cuba, the third most populous after Havana and Santiago de Cuba. It lies in the southeast of the country. Its major cities include Holguín, Banes, Antilla, Mayarí, and Moa.
Oriente was the easternmost province of Cuba until 1976. The term "Oriente" is still used to refer to the eastern part of the country, which currently is divided into five different provinces. Fidel and Raúl Castro were born in a small town in this province (Birán).
Calixto García Íñiguez was a Cuban general in three Cuban uprisings, part of the Cuban War for Independence: the Ten Years' War, the Little War, and the War of 1895, itself sometimes called the Cuban War for Independence, which bled into the Spanish–American War, ultimately resulting in national independence for Cuba.
Holguín is a municipality and city in Cuba, and the capital of Province of Holguín. After Havana, Santiago de Cuba, and Camagüey, it is the fourth largest city in Cuba.
Mayarí is a municipality and town in the Holguín Province of Cuba.
This is a timeline of Cuban history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Cuba and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Cuba. See also the Cuba history of the bombs list of colonial governors of Cuba and list of presidents of Cuba.
The provinces of Cuba are divided into 168 municipalities or municipios. They were defined by Cuban Law Number 1304 of July 3, 1976 and reformed in 2010 with the abrogation of the municipality of Varadero and the creation of two new provinces: Artemisa and Mayabeque in place of former La Habana Province.
The following is a timeline of the history of Havana, Cuba.
The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Santiago, Cuba.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Camagüey, Cuba.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Matanzas, Cuba.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cienfuegos, Cuba.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Guantánamo, Cuba.
The Teatro Tacón opened in 1838 in Havana, Cuba. Its auditorium contained 2,750 seats. It was built by Pancho Martí, a businessman from Barcelona who moved to Havana. In 1847 Bottesini's opera Cristoforo Colombo premiered there. By 1855, so many people attended events that the city issued parking regulations for carriages on performance nights.
The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.