Matanzas Province

E26677

province of Cuba

Matanzas Province is a region in western Cuba known for its coastal resorts, notably Varadero, and its cultural heritage as the “Athens of Cuba.”

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	province of Cuba →
bordersProvince	Cienfuegos Province → Havana Province → Mayabeque Province → Villa Clara Province →
capital	Matanzas →
containsBeach	Varadero Beach →
containsBiosphereReserve	Ciénaga de Zapata Biosphere Reserve →
containsCaveSystem	Bellamar Caves → Cuevas de Bellamar →
containsProtectedArea	Ciénaga de Zapata →
containsResortArea	Varadero →
containsTouristDestination	Bellamar Caves → Ciénaga de Zapata → Varadero →
country	Cuba →
currency	Cuban peso →
hasCity	Colón → Cárdenas → Jagüey Grande → Jovellanos → Matanzas → Pedro Betancourt → Unión de Reyes →
hasCoastlineOn	Gulf of Mexico → Straits of Florida →
hasMunicipality	Calimete → Ciénaga de Zapata → Colón → Cárdenas → Jagüey Grande → Jovellanos → Limonar → Los Arabos → Martí → Matanzas → Pedro Betancourt → Perico → Unión de Reyes →
knownFor	Afro-Cuban culture → Varadero resort town → coastal resorts → cultural heritage → music and dance → poetry and literature → sugarcane production → tourism →
language	Spanish →
locatedIn	western Cuba →
locatedOnBodyOfWater	Bay of Cárdenas → Bay of Matanzas → Straits of Florida →
nickname	Athens of Cuba →
partOf	Republic of Cuba →
timeZone	Cuba Standard Time → UTC−05:00 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
La Habana Province → Mayabeque Province →	borders
Gulf of Cazones → Playa Girón →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
Serie Nacional de Béisbol ("Matanzas") →	hasTeam
Santa Cruz del Norte ("Matanzas") →	locatedBetween
Playa Larga →	locatedIn
Zapata Peninsula →	locatedInAdministrativeEntity
Bay of Pigs Museum →	locatedInRegion
Cuban National Series ("Matanzas") →	notableTeam
Ciénaga de Zapata →	partOf
Cuba Standard Time ("Matanzas") →	usedIn