Provinces of Cuba
Administratively, Cuba is divided into 14 provinces and 1 special municipality.
From west to east, Cuba‘s provinces are:
1. Pinar del Río
2. La Habana
3. Ciudad de La Habana
4. Matanzas
5. Cienfuegos
6. Villa Clara
7. Sancti Spíritus
8. Ciego de Ávila
9. Camagüey
10. Las Tunas
11. Granma
12. Holguín
13. Santiago de Cuba
14. Guantánamo
Cuba‘s “special municipality” is the Isla de la Juventud (“Island of Youth”) (formerly Isla de Pinos (“Isle of Pines”)) and previously as “Evangelista”, “Isle of Santiago” and “Isle of Parrots”.
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Geographic Regions of the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is divided into 3 Geographic Regions and then is divided into 9 Sub Geographic Regions. When the country was going to be independent, the regions were the ancient provinces.
Sub Regions:
Cibao Oriental
Cibao Norcentral
Cibao Central
Cibao Occidental
El Valle
Enriquillo
Metropolitana
Valdesia
Yuma
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Departments and municipalities of El Salvador
El Salvador is divided into 14 departments (departamentos), which, in turn, are subdivided into 262 municipalities (municipios).
Department names and abbreviations for the 14 Salvadoran Departments:
1. AH Ahuachapán
2. CA Cabañas
3. CH Chalatenango
4. CU Cuscatlán
5. LI La Libertad
6. PA La Paz
7. UN La Unión
8. MO Morazán
9. SM San Miguel
10. SS San Salvador
11. SV San Vicente
12. SA Santa Ana
13. SO Sonsonate
14. US Usulután
Source: Wikipedia 2009
Posted by Best Tourism Info on June 4, 2010 at 4:21 pm
Before 1976, Cuba was divided into these provinces:
Camagüey (before 1899, “Puerto Príncipe”), contained the present day provinces of Camagüey and Ciego de Ávila
La Habana, contained the present day province of La Habana and included the city of Havana
Matanzas
Las Villas (before 1940, “Santa Clara”), contained the present day provinces of Cienfuegos, Villa Clara and Sancti Spíritus
Pinar del Río
Oriente (before 1905, “Santiago de Cuba”), contained the present day provinces of Las Tunas, Granma, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo