Artemisa

It is one of the new provinces created in 2010, comprised by 8 municipalities. It has gained great economic importance for being the seat of the Special Development Zone of Mariel. It is characterized by being the seat of the famous Orchid Botanical Garden of Soroa, the International Cinema School of San Antonio de los Baños, and for its rural communities, examples of the development of sustainable tourism in Biosphere Reserves.

Capital: Artemisa

Extension: 4,004.27 square km

Municipalities: Mariel, Guanajay, Caimito, Bauta, Güira de Melena, Alquízar, Artemisa, Bahía Honda, Candelaria and San Cristobal

Demonym: artemiseño/a

Limits: It limits to the north with the Florida Straits and the Gulf of Mexico, to the east with the provinces of La Habana and Mayabeque, to the south with the Gulf of Batabanó, and to the west with the province of Pinar del Río

Access: It is accessed mainly by land, through the country's road and railroad network.

PLACES OF INTEREST

MIL CUMBRES Beautiful rolling hills located in the municipalities of La Palma, Los Palacios and Bahia Honda. the most significant feature of its geography is the Pan de Guajaibón with 699 m.a.s.l. thus being the highest elevation of the west of the Island. Mil Cumbres is characterized by important cave systems and numerous streams, emphasizing the many canyons of Sierra Azul and the cave system of Mamey And Canilla, on the northern slope of Pan de Guajaibón.

SIERRA DEL ROSARIO Located on the eastern border of the Guaniguanico mountain range, La Sierra del Rosario is the first Biosphere Reserve of Cuba, and received this distinction on February 15, 1985. It has over 800 species of plants with 34% of endemism. Its fauna presents almost all the species that inhabit the Island, with the particular presence of the zunzuncito (Mellisuga helenae) or bee hummingbird, known as the smallest bird of the world, the tocororo and the woodpecker. In its area you may find Soroa