Matanzas Province

Matanzas Province
Province of Cuba
Sign seen when entering the Province
Coat of arms
Country	Cuba
Capital	Matanzas
Government
• President	Mario Felipe Sabines Lorenzo
Area
• Total	11,798.02 km2 (4,555.24 sq mi)
Population  (2021-12-31)[1]
• Total	710,127
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
Area code	+53-52
ISO 3166 code	CU-04
HDI (2019)	0.789[2] high · 4th of 16
Website	www.matanceros.gob.cu/es

Matanzas (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈtansas]) is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns in the province include Cárdenas, Colón, Jovellanos and the capital of the same name, Matanzas. The resort town of Varadero is also located in this province.

Among Cuban provinces, Matanzas is one of the most industrialized, with petroleum wells, refineries, supertanker facilities, and 21 sugar mills to process the harvests of the fields of sugarcane in the province.