[3] The municipality faces the Gulf of Mexico to the north, where the cays of the Colorados Archipelago are developed off-shore.

It is bordered by the municipalities of Mantua, Guane, San Juan y Martínez and Viñales.

The municipality includes the villages of Baja, Cabezas, Pons, La Sabana, Río del Medio, Santa Lucía, Sitio Morales and Sumidero.

The Minas de Matahambre Municipal Museum holds objects and photography collections of local history.

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