Amancio () is a municipality and town in the
Las Tunas Province
Las Tunas is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns include Puerto Padre, Amancio, and the capital city, Las Tunas (historically Victoria de Las Tunas).Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
. It is located in the south-western part of the province, and opens to the
Gulf of Guacanayabo
The Gulf of Guacanayabo () is a bay along the southern coast of Cuba, bordered by Granma and Las Tunas provinces.
Overview
The largest port on the bay is Manzanillo, and the gulf is bordered to the north-west by the Jardines de la Reina arch ...
to the south.
Demographics
In 2022, Amancio had a population of 36,132.
With a total area of ,
it has a population density of .
Notable people
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Salvador Valdés Mesa
Salvador Antonio Valdés Mesa (; born 13 June 1945) is a Cuban politicianDamien Cave, ''The New York Times'', 24 February 2013 and former trade union leader. He has been the First Vice President of Cuba since April 2018 and is a member of the P ...
(born 1945), Cuban former trade union leader, politician and current Vice President of Cuba
See also
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Municipalities of Cuba
The Provinces of Cuba, provinces of Cuba are divided into 168 municipality, municipalities (). They were defined by Cuban Law Number 1304 of July 3, 1976Fifth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, Vol. II, publish ...
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List of cities in Cuba
This is a list of cities in Cuba with at least 20,000 inhabitants, listed in descending order. Population data refers to city proper and not to the whole municipality, because they include large rural areas with several villages. All figu ...
References
External links
Populated places in Las Tunas Province
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