Matanzas Province - Cardenas, Cuba, Hicacos Peninsula, Bay of Cardenas, Zapata Peninsula (Paperback)

Chapters: Cardenas, Cuba, Hicacos Peninsula, Bay of Cardenas, Zapata Peninsula. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Matanzas is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns in the province include Cardenas, Jovellanos and the capital of the same name, Matanzas. The resort town of Varadero is also located in this province. 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. 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. Cuba's northern most point is located in on Hicacos Peninsula. The southern coast has one of Cuba's most distinctive features: an enormous marsh, Cienaga de Zapata that covers both the southern part of the province and the Zapata Peninsula. East of the peninsula lies the Bay of Pigs, the site of the failed US backed invasion. Matanzas is sub-divided into 14 municipalities. Source: Population from 2004 Census. Area from 1976 municipal re-distribution. In 2004, the province of Matanzas had a population of 675,980. With a total area of 11,802.72 km (4,557.1 sq mi), the province had a population density of 57.3 /km (148.4/sq mi). ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=46041