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A ___MASK10___ is a human ___MASK11___ larger than a village but smaller than a city . The size definition for what constitutes a " ___MASK10___ " varies considerably in different parts of the world . A ___MASK60___ is a large and permanent human ___MASK11___ . Although there is no ___MASK36___ on how a ___MASK60___ is distinguished from a town in general English language meanings , many cities have a particular administrative , legal , or historical status based on local law . Placetas is a ___MASK60___ in the ___MASK62___ Clara Province in the center of Cuba ; before the change in the country ' s ___MASK65___ in 1959 the province was called Las Villas . The town is also known as " La ___MASK62___ de los Laureles " because of its wild laurel trees . Placetas is also a " municipio ", one of 13 subdivisions of the ___MASK62___ Clara Province . Cuba ' s geographical center , Guaracabulla , is located in this municipality . Cienfuegos is one of the provinces of Cuba . The ___MASK93___ city of the province is also called Cienfuegos and was founded by French settlers in 1819 . A ___MASK21___ ( or ), also spelled caye or ___MASK95___ , is a small , low - ___MASK88___ , sandy island on the ___MASK55___ of a coral reef . Cays occur in tropical environments throughout the Pacific , Atlantic and Indian Oceans ( including in the Caribbean and on the Great Barrier Reef and Belize Barrier Reef ). Administratively , Cuba is divided into 15 provinces and a ___MASK63___ that ' s not included in any ___MASK59___ . The last modification was approved in August 2010 ( by the Cuban National Assembly ), splitting Havana ___MASK59___ into ___MASK83___ new provinces : Artemisa ( which incorporates the three eastern municipalities of the neighbour Pinar ___MASK22___ Río ) and Mayabeque . The new provinces started functioning from January ___MASK61___ , 2011 . Havana City Province ( Ciudad de La Habana ) recovered its original name : La Habana ( Havana in English ). Sagua la Grande ( nicknamed La ___MASK62___ del Undoso , sometimes shortened in Sagua ) is a municipality and city located on the north coast of the province of ___MASK62___ Clara in central Cuba , on the Sagua la Grande ___MASK40___ . The city is close to Mogotes de Jumagua , limestone cliffs . Many cays of the Sabana - Camaguey Archipelago are located off the northern coast . Sagua la Grande ___MASK40___ is a ___MASK40___ of northern Cuba that flows in Villa Clara Province . The mouth is located in the municipality of Sagua la Grande . Cuba , officially the ___MASK90___ of Cuba , is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos . Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean where the Caribbean ___MASK47___ , the Gulf of Mexico , and the Atlantic Ocean meet . It is south of both the U . S . state of Florida and the Bahamas , west of Haiti , and north of Jamaica . Havana is the largest city and capital ; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey . Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean , with an area of , and the second - most populous after Hispaniola , with over 11 million inhabitants . Pinar ___MASK22___ Río is a Cuban ___MASK60___ , ___MASK93___ of Pinar ___MASK22___ Río Province . With a ___MASK60___ population of 139 , 336 ( 2004 ), in a municipality of 190 , 332 , it is the 10th largest Cuban ___MASK60___ . Inhabitants of the area are called " Pinareños ". Artemisa is a ___MASK14___ and ___MASK60___ in Cuba , formerly ___MASK41___ of La Habana ___MASK59___ . According to a law approved by the Cuban National Assembly in August 2010 , Artemisa became the ___MASK93___ ___MASK60___ of the newly formed Artemisa ___MASK59___ , which comprises 8 municipalities of the former La Habana ___MASK59___ and 3 from Pinar del Río . Havana ( Spanish : " La Habana ") is the ___MASK93___ city , largest city , province , major port , and leading commercial centre of Cuba . The city proper has a population of 2 . ___MASK61___ million inhabitants , and it spans a total of  making it the largest city by area , the most populous city , and the third largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean region . The city extends mostly westward and southward from the ___MASK6___ , which is entered through a narrow inlet and which divides into three main harbours : Marimelena , Guanabacoa and Atarés . The sluggish Almendares River traverses the city from south to north , entering the Straits of Florida a few miles west of the ___MASK6___ . Cienfuegos , ___MASK93___ of Cienfuegos Province , is a city on the southern coast of Cuba . It is located about from Havana and has a population of 150 , 000 . The city is dubbed " La Perla del Sur " ( Pearl of the South ). " Cienfuegos " literally translates to " one hundred fires "" cien " meaning " one hundred ", " fuegos " meaning " fires ". ___MASK62___ Clara is one of the provinces of Cuba . It is located in the central region of the island bordering with the Atlantic at north , Matanzas Province by west , Sancti Spiritus Province by east , and Cienfuegos Province on the South . ___MASK62___ Clara shares with Cienfuegos and Sancti Spiritus on the south the Escambray Mountain Range . Its main cities are Santa Clara ( the capital ) , Remedios , Sagua La Grande , Camajuani , Caibarién , Ranchuelo , Placetas , and Manicaragua . A ___MASK14___ is usually a ___MASK82___ urban administrative division having corporate status and powers of self - government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws , to which it is subordinate . It is to be distinguished from the county , which may encompass rural territory and / or numerous small communities such as towns , villages and hamlets . The term " ___MASK14___ " may also mean the governing or ruling body of a given ___MASK14___ . A ___MASK14___ is a general - purpose administrative subdivision , as opposed to a special - purpose district . The term is derived from French " municipalité " and Latin " municipalis ". Matanzas is one of the provinces of Cuba . Major towns in the ___MASK59___ include Cárdenas , Colón , Jovellanos and the ___MASK93___ of the same name , Matanzas . The ___MASK84___ of Varadero is also located in this ___MASK59___ . Matanzas is the ___MASK93___ of the Cuban province of Matanzas . Known for its poets , culture , and Afro - Cuban folklore , it is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba , on the ___MASK6___ of Matanzas ( Spanish " Bahia de Matanzas "), east of the ___MASK93___ Havana and west of the resort town of Varadero . Caibarién is a ___MASK14___ ___MASK60___ in the ___MASK62___ Clara ___MASK81___ . Varadero is a ___MASK84___ in the province of Matanzas , Cuba , and one of the largest resort areas in the Caribbean . The Mogotes de Jumagua are a ___MASK96___ of 8 elevated limestone features in the ___MASK62___ Clara ___MASK81___ . They are located within the orographic group Heights of the Northwest in the center - north of the Island of Cuba , two kilometers south - west from the city of Sagua la Grande .