Candelaria is a municipality and city in the Artemisa Province

Artemisa Province

Artemisa Province is one of two new provinces in Cuba, which creation was approved by the Cuban National Assembly by splitting former La Habana Province.Artemisa was the largest city and municipality of the former La Habana province...

 of Cuba

Cuba

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. Before 2011 belonged to Pinar del Río Province

Pinar del Río Province

Pinar del Río is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is at the western end of the island of Cuba.-Geography:The Pinar del Río province is Cuba's westernmost province and contains one of Cuba's three main mountain ranges, the Cordillera de Guaniguanico, divided into the easterly Sierra del Rosario and...

The municipality is divided into the barrio

Barrio

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s of Bayate, Carambola, Frías, Lomas, Pasto Rico, Pueblo, Pueblo Nuevo, Punta Brava, Río Hondo, San Juan de Contreras, San Juan del Norte and Las Terrazas.

It was founded in 1809, and established as a municipality in 1880.

Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of Candelaria had a population of 19,523. With a total area of 299 km² (115.4 sq mi), it has a population density of 65.3 /km2.