[4] The large municipal territory includes the Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa mountain range and the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park.

The villages belonging to Moa municipality are Arroyo Blanco, Brinquín, Cañete, Cayo Grande, Centeno, Cocalito, Cupey, Farallones, Punta Gorda, Yaguaneque and Yamanigüey.

Large nickel and cobalt bearing laterite located in the Moa area are exploited in part by a joint venture with the Canadian company Sherritt International.

The nickel production is concentrated on the factories "Pedro Soto Alba" and "Ernesto Che Guevara".

It is crossed in the middle by the state highway "Circuito Norte" (CN), the second longest one after the "Carretera Central".