La Havana State, Cuba

La Habana province, Cuba, is one of the provinces of Cuba. The city of La Habana is a separate province, surrounded by the province of La Habana. It had 723,000 people in the 2003 census. The largest city and capital is the city of Artemisa with a population of 75,000 in 2003.

 

The second largest city is Guines (70,000). La Habana province has borders with the city of Havana, Pinar del Rio, and Matanzas. It has coasts in the south and north and has dozens of towns and a few small cities which rank between the 20 and 40 largest of the island.

 

The southern coast of the province is characterised by swamps and wetlands.
Much of the La Habana province's agriculture is geared towards the production of food, primarily cattle, potatoes and fruit. Unlike much of Cuba, sugar and tobacco play only a small role in the province's economy. There is also much industrialisation in the province, with numerous electricity plants and sugar mills.