Administratively, Cuba is divided into 15 provinces and one special municipality (the Isla de la Juventud).

From 1879 to 1976, Cuba was divided into six provinces, which maintained with little changes the same boundaries and capital cities, although with modifications in official names.

These "historical" provinces are the following (from west to east): In December 1976, the original six provinces were reconstituted into 14 provinces plus one special municipality:[1] Isla de Pinos was renamed Isla de la Juventud on 3 August 1978.

[2] In August 2010, the Cuban National Assembly split the then-La Habana Province into two new provinces: Artemisa (which incorporated three eastern municipalities of neighboring Pinar del Río) and Mayabeque.

Source: Cuba census 2002 [4] † Special municipality The following are the presidents of the Provincial People's Councils in each province in the country (local governments).