Jovellanos is a municipality and town in the Matanzas Province of Cuba.

The municipality is divided into the barrios of Asunción, Isabel, Realengo and San José.

It took its current name in 1870, in honor of the Spanish writer Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos.

"Bemba" means "big lip" in Cuban Spanish; this term refers to the black population of the city.

[citation needed] Jovellanos is an industrial town, with large and small factories, while sugar cane is cultivated in the surrounding areas.