Cuba with two new provinces: Mayabeque and Artemisa

Cuba has now two new provinces, Mayabeque and Artemisa. Members of the Cuban Parliament, meeting in plenary, adopted the last 2010 to create two new provinces: Mayabeque and Artemisa, formerly settled in the territory of Havana .. Now Cuba is divided into 15 provinces and 168 municipalities, including Isla de la Juventud. Includes the municipalities of Artemisa: Caimito, Guanajay, Mariel, San Antonio de los Baños, Guira de Melena, Alquízar and Bauta, in addition to the hitherto Pinar del Rio de Bahia Honda, Candelaria and San Cristobal, in both the capital of this province is the city which gives its name to the territory. Mayabeque, meanwhile, will have its capital in the city of San Jose de las Lajas, consists of the municipalities of Santa Cruz del Norte, Jaruco, Madruga, Nueva Paz, San Nicolas, Guines, Melena del Sur, Batabano, Quivicán and Bejucal and as Artemisa, will have the task of producing food to meet demand and support the city of Havana. The changes allow the City of Havana regain its historic name "Havana", which is added the east side of the plateau of Cacahual, site where are the remains of General Antonio Maceo, a hero of the struggle for independence. Disappeared while the town of Varadero, in Matanzas province, which is incorporated by Cardenas, as Hicacos Peninsula is under the direct attention of the Council of Ministers for its importance to the economic development of the nation. Finally, the municipality of Manuel Tames treats from their neighbors in Guantanamo and Yateras and moved his capital to the people's council of Jamaica. Adjustments to the previous political-administrative division of Cuba, validated by parliament at its fifth session of the seventh term, are consistent with the requirements of socio-economic development. The new law was adopted after extensive consultation process on provincial and municipal assemblies of People's Power with representatives of state agencies, mass organizations, as well as the population of the territories covered in this project. The opinion of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs of the Parliament notes that the changes reflect "the need to continue to improve the immediate relationship between the upper and lower levels of the state." In addition, it aims rational use of administrative and territorial organization achieve a more rational and functional in the country to contribute to a more efficient and stringent state. Now Cuba is divided into 15 provinces and 168 municipalities, including the Isle of Youth. Provinces: Pinar del Rio, Artemisa, Mayabeque, La Habana, Matanzas, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, Sancti Spiritus, Ciego de Avila, Camaguey, Las Tunas, Holguin, Granma, Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo.