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Matanzas (Cuban Spanish pronunciation:; Lucumi: Ayá Áta) [4] is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas.Known for its poets, culture, and Afro-Cuban folklore, it is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas (Spanish Bahia de Matanzas), 90 kilometres (56 mi) east of the capital Havana and 32 kilometres (20 mi) west of the resort town of Varadero.
The second largest in Cuba, Matanzas province is largely flat, with its highest point (Pan de Matanzas) at only 380m above sea level.. The north-western coast is largely rocky, with a few beaches, while the north-eastern coast has numerous small cays of its coast (part of Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago), and scrubland and mangroves near the shoreline.
Ciénaga de Zapata is one of 14 municipalities of the Matanzas Province, Cuba, and the municipal seat is located at Playa Larga, at the northern end of the Bahia de Cochinos ("Bay of Pigs"). A large part of the municipality is protected as the Zapata Swamp , after which the municipality is named.
San Juan de Dios de Cárdenas, or simply Cárdenas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾðenas]), is a municipality and city in the Matanzas Province of Cuba, [3] about 116 km (72 mi) by air [156 km (97 mi) by road] east of Havana. [4]
Playa Girón ([ˈplaʝa xiˈɾon]; "Girón beach") is a beach and village on the east bank of the Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs), which is located in the province of Matanzas, on the southern coast of Cuba. It is part of the municipality of Ciénaga de Zapata.
Matanzas Province (yellow) and Cuba. ... Motembo and Río de la Palma. [1] From 1902 until 1927 the village of ... It is located on the north-central coast of Cuba, ...
Colón is a municipality and city in the Matanzas Province of Cuba. The municipality has an area of 547 km 2 (211 sq mi) and a population of about 68,021. The city proper, with a population of about 44,000, is the third-largest of its province.
The provinces of Cuba are divided into 168 municipalities (Spanish: municipios).They were defined by Cuban Law Number 1304 of July 3, 1976 [1] 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.