Camagüey

City in Cuba, capital of Camagüey province, 570 km/354 mi southeast of Havana; population (2002) 301,600. It is linked by rail and road to Havana in the west and Santiago de Cuba in the east. Industries include the production of chromite, livestock, sugar cane, and other agricultural goods.

Founded in 1514 as Santa María de Puerto Príncipe, Camagüey was the capital of the Spanish West Indies during the 19th century.

It has a 17th-century cathedral, and is home to the University of Camagüey (1975).

Camagüey

Province of eastern Cuba, in the West Indies, bounded to the north by the Atlantic Ocean, to the west by Ciego de Avila province, and to the east by Las Tunas province; area 15,990 sq km/6,174 sq mi; population (1995 est) 840,000. The sparsely populated province is the largest in Cuba and is mainly agricultural, with flat plains which are used for sugar production, grazing, and cattle-raising, with an estimated million head of cattle in the province. The region is drained by the San Pedro, Najasa, and Caunao rivers. The provincial capital is Camagüey.