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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.[3][4][5] The new provinces came into existence on January 1, 2011.

Province of Artemisa
Province of Cuba
Provincia de Artemisa
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 22°48′49″N 82°45′48″W
Country	Cuba
Capital	City of Artemisa
Municipalities	Mariel, Guanajay, Caimito, Bauta, San Antonio de los Baños, Güira de Melena, Alquízar, Artemisa Municipality, 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 [1]
• Total	660 278
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
Area code(s)	+53-47
HDI (2019)	0.797[2] high · 3rd of 16
Website	https://www.artemisa.gob.cu/es/

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

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[6]

Topography

The maximum elevation in the province is 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

External links

• Media related to Artemisa Province at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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- [en] Artemisa Province

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[ru] Артемиса (провинция)

Артемиса (исп. Artemisa) — провинция Кубы, появившаяся после разделения провинции Гавана на две части. Закон об этом изменении АТД страны был принят Национальной Ассамблеей Кубы 1 августа 2010 года, а фактическое разделение состоялось 1 января 2011 года[1][2][3].

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