Sancti Spíritus Geography
Province located in the central region of Cuba. It has an extension of [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Cienfuegos History
During the Ten-Year War (1868-1878), Cienfuegos patriots massively joined, since 1869, the Liberation Army and carried out numberless actions along the [...]
Cienfuegos Geography
Province located on the south coast of Cuba’s central region. It has an [...]
Villa Clara History
Founded on July 15,1689 by former inhabitants of the coastal village of San Juan de los Remedios who were getting away [...]
Villa Clara Geography
Province located in the central region of Cuba. It limits to the north [...]
Matanzas History
There are several different versions about the origin of the province’s name, which is Spanish for “massacres”. [...]
Matanzas Geography
Province located in the western region of Cuba. It has an extension of 11 802,5 sq km (4557 sq mi) and an [...]
Pinar del Río History
This region was named Nueva Filipinas (New Philippines) about half of the decade of 1770 and it was not until 1778 that the region acquired its definitive name.
The economical development of this region was mostly based on the tobacco crops. That is the reason why the population from the westernmost region of the province was [...]
Pinar del Río Geography
Westernmost province of the island of Cuba. It limits to the north with the Gulf of Mexico, to the east with the province of La Habana, to the south with the Caribbean Sea, and to the west with the Yucatan Channel. It has an extension of 10 904,01 sq km (4210 sq mi) and an [...]
Havana City History
In 1512, after two previous settlements, the town of San Cristóbal de La Habana was finally established [...]
