<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matanzas Province</span>

Matanzas Province

<p><b>Matanzas</b> (<small about="#mwt24" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw="{&quot;parts&quot;:[{&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;target&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;IPA-es&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;./Template:IPA-es&quot;},&quot;params&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;maˈtansas&quot;}},&quot;i&quot;:0}}]}">Spanish pronunciation:<span>&nbsp;</span></small><span class="IPA"><a href="/en/Help:IPA/Spanish" title="Help:IPA/Spanish" class="wl">[maˈtansas]</a></span>) is one of the <a href="/en/Provinces_of_Cuba" title="Provinces of Cuba" class="wl">provinces of Cuba</a>.  Major towns in the province include <a href="/en/Cárdenas,_Matanzas,_Cuba" title="Cárdenas, Matanzas, Cuba" class="mw-redirect wl">Cárdenas</a>, <a href="/en/Colón,_Cuba" title="Colón, Cuba" class="wl">Colón</a>, <a href="/en/Jovellanos,_Cuba" title="Jovellanos, Cuba" class="mw-redirect wl">Jovellanos</a> and the capital of the same name, <a href="/en/Matanzas" title="Matanzas" class="wl">Matanzas</a>. The resort town of <a href="/en/Varadero" title="Varadero" class="wl">Varadero</a> is also located in this province.</p>

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<div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span><a href="/en/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Matanzas_Province.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Coat of arms of Matanzas Province" data-hash="File:Coat_of_arms_of_Matanzas_Province.jpg"><img loading="lazy"alt="Coat of arms of Matanzas Province" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/55/Coat_of_arms_of_Matanzas_Province.jpg/90px-Coat_of_arms_of_Matanzas_Province.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="267" data-file-height="296" data-file-type="bitmap" height="100" width="90" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/55/Coat_of_arms_of_Matanzas_Province.jpg/135px-Coat_of_arms_of_Matanzas_Province.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/55/Coat_of_arms_of_Matanzas_Province.jpg/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_Matanzas_Province.jpg 2x"></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span><a href="/en/File:Matanzas_in_Cuba.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Matanzas_in_Cuba.svg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Matanzas_in_Cuba.svg/250px-Matanzas_in_Cuba.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="1795" data-file-height="761" data-file-type="drawing" height="106" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Matanzas_in_Cuba.svg/375px-Matanzas_in_Cuba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Matanzas_in_Cuba.svg/500px-Matanzas_in_Cuba.svg.png 2x" alt="Matanzas_in_Cuba.svg"></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Cuba" title="Cuba" class="wl">Cuba</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Matanzas" title="Matanzas" class="wl">Matanzas</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-cubaone_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-cubaone-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span>&nbsp;</span>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Total</th><td class="infobox-data">11,798.02<span>&nbsp;</span>km<sup>2</sup> (4,555.24<span>&nbsp;</span>sq<span>&nbsp;</span>mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"><span>&nbsp;</span></span>(2010-12-31)<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-cubaone_1-1"><a href="#cite_note-cubaone-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span>&nbsp;</span>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Total</th><td class="infobox-data">690,113</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span>&nbsp;</span>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Density</th><td class="infobox-data">58/km<sup>2</sup> (150/sq<span>&nbsp;</span>mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Time_zone" title="Time zone" class="wl">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/UTC-5" title="UTC-5" class="mw-redirect wl">UTC-5</a> (<a href="/en/Eastern_Time_Zone_(North_America)" title="Eastern Time Zone (North America)" class="mw-redirect wl">EST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan" class="wl">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">+53-52</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166" class="wl">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">CU-04</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index" class="wl">HDI</a> (2019)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.789<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span><br><span style="color:#0c0">high</span> · <a href="/en/List_of_Cuban_provinces_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of Cuban provinces by Human Development Index" class="wl">4th of 16</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://www.matanceros.gob.cu/es/" class="external text" target="_blank">www.matanceros.gob.cu/es</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>

<p>Among Cuban provinces, Matanzas is one of the most <a href="/en/Industrialise" title="Industrialise" class="mw-redirect wl">industrialized</a>, with <a href="/en/Petroleum" title="Petroleum" class="wl">petroleum</a> wells, refineries, <a href="/en/Supertanker" title="Supertanker" class="mw-redirect wl">supertanker</a> facilities, and 21 <a href="/en/Sugar" title="Sugar" class="wl">sugar</a> mills to process the <a href="/en/Harvest" title="Harvest" class="wl">harvests</a> of the fields of <a href="/en/Sugarcane" title="Sugarcane" class="wl">sugarcane</a> in the province.</p>



Matanzas is one of the provinces of Cuba.  Major towns in the province include Cárdenas, Colón, Jovellanos and the capital of the same name, Matanzas. The resort town of Varadero is also located in this province. Among Cuban provinces, Matanzas is one of the most industrialized, with petroleum wells, refineries, supertanker facilities, and 21 sugar mills to process the harvests of the fields of sugarcane in the province. 