Industrial Cuba : being a study of present commercial and industrial conditions with suggestions as to the opportunities presented in the island for American capital, enterprise and labour . orn, cotton, and fruitsare also raised. Havana, with an area of 8610 square miles,has a population of 451,928 (344,417 white and 107,511black). It is the centre of manufacture, the capital province,and the most populous province of the Island. Matanzas,with an area of 14,967 square miles, has a population of259,578 (143,169 white and 115,409 black), and is the centreof the sugar industry; corn, rice, honey
Industrial Cuba : being a study of present commercial and industrial conditions with suggestions as to the opportunities presented in the island for American capital, enterprise and labour . orn, cotton, and fruitsare also raised. Havana, with an area of 8610 square miles,has a population of 451,928 (344,417 white and 107,511black). It is the centre of manufacture, the capital province,and the most populous province of the Island. Matanzas,with an area of 14,967 square miles, has a population of259,578 (143,169 white and 115,409 black), and is the centreof the sugar industry; corn, rice, honey, wax, and fruits areproduced and the province contains a deposit of peat andcopper. Santa Clara, with an area of 23,083 square miles,has a population of 354,122 (244,345 white and 109,777black), and it is rich in sugar, fruits, and minerals, includinggold deposits in the Arino River. Puerto Principe, with anarea of 32,341 square miles, has a population of 67,789(54,232 white and 13,557 black), and is a mountainousregion, with the largest caves and the highest mountains;building and cabinet woods and guava jelly are its chief pro-ducts. Santiago de Cuba, with an area of 35,119 square. Cities and Towns of Cuba 123 miles, the largest of the provinces, has a population of272>379 (I57>98o white and 114,399 black), and not onlypossesses all the agricultural products found in the otherprovinces, but also has deposits of gold, iron, copper, zinc,asphalt, manganese, mercury, marble and alabaster, rockcrystal, and gems, and its commerce is most extensive. There are 115 cities and towns in the Island having anestimated population of 200 and upwards named as follows: Cities. Population. Havana 200,000 Matanzas 50,000 Puerto Principe 40,679 Santiago de Cuba 40,000 Cienfuegos 25,790 Guanabacoa 25,000 Santa Clara 24,635 Cardenas 20,505 Trinidad 18,000 Sancti Spiritu 17,540 Sagua la Grande 14,000 Regla 10,486 Manzanillo 9,036 Guantanamo 9,000 San Antonio de las 7,500 San Juan d
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