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| Capital: | Holguín |
| Area: | 9,300 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 1,013,600 |
| Population Density: | 109 per km² |
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Holguín is one of the provinces of Cuba, the second most populous after Ciudad de la Habana . Major cities include Holguín (the capital), Banes , Antilla , Mayarí , and Moa .
Like much of Cuba, Holguín's economy is based around sugar, though mining, corn and coffee are also large earners for the province.
At Moa, there is a huge cobalt processing plant with shipping facilities, that was constructed with the help of foreign aid, much of it from Canada. There are chrome, nickel, iron and steel plants dotted throughout the province as well.
Tourism has only recently begun to be exploited by the Castro government, and in Holguín, there are numerous hotels around the Guardalavaca area. Christopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus ( 1451 1— May 20, 1506) was an explorer and trader who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas in 1492 under the flag of Castilian Spain. He believed that the earth was a relatively small sphere, and argued that a ship cou landed in what is today Holguín province on October 28October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. Events 306 Maxentius is proclaimed Roman emperor. 312 Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine the Great defeats the forces of Maxentius. Roman e, 1492Events January 2 Boabdil, the last Moorish King of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella after a lengthy siege. March 30 Ferdinand and Isabella sign a decree aimed at expelling all Jews from Spain unless they convert to Roman. He delcared that it was "the most beautiful country in the world".