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| Capital: | Matanzas |
| Area: | 11,978km²
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| Inhabitants: | 643,400
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| Population Density: | 53 per km²
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Matanzas is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns in the province include Cárdenas, Jovellanos and the capital of the same name, Matanzas.
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 coast has numerous small cays of its coast, and scrubland and mangroves near the shoreline.
The southern coast has one of Cuba's most distinctive features: an enormous marsh, Ciénaga de Zapata that covers both the southern part of the province and the peninsula of the same name.
Of Cuba's provinces, Matanzas is one of the most industrialised, with petroleum wells, refineries, supertanker facilities, and 21 sugar mills to process the harvests of the fields of sugarcane in the province.
Municipalities
- Calimete (Calimete)
- Cárdenas (Cárdenas)
- Ciénaga de Zapata (Playa Larga)
- Colón (Colón)
- Jagüey Grande (Jagüey Grande)
- Jovellanos (Jovellanos)
- Limonar (Limonar)
- Los Arabos (Los Arabos)
- Martí (Martí)
- Matanzas (Matanzas)
- Pedro Betancourt (Pedro Betancourt)
- Perico (Perico)
- Unión de Reyes (Unión de Reyes)
- Varadero (Varadero)
