The total population in the province amounts to 589,021 inhabitants and the official language is Spanish. According to the law approved by the National Assembly of Cuba on August 1, 2010 that modified the Political Administrative Division of Cuba, the new provinces of Artemisa and Mayabeque emerge.
Important elements are part of the wealth of attractions in the region: population with high cultural and educational level, high health rates, recognized prestige in sports and culture, professionals with high representativeness and high scientific level, safe social climate and willingness to conservation enviroment.
Health System in Pinar del Río
Pinar del Río, integrated into the National Health System, extends the right to free health throughout its geography. A structure made up of polyclinics, family practice groups and hospitals guarantees and covers the treatment and prophylaxis of diseases for people of all ages, races and genders. Countless achievements count the professionals of this branch, decisive in society.
Education in Pinar del Río
The province is privileged to have institutions such as the University "Hermanos Saíz Montes de Oca", founded on August 20, 1972, which adds today, a high number of graduates, a condition that places it within the largest university centers and prestigious from all over the country. Likewise, in 1976, the Rafael María de Mendive Higher Pedagogical Institute and the Raúl Sánchez Vocational Art School (Music-Ballet-Dance) were started. It also integrates the Vocational Pre-university Institute of Exact Sciences Federico Engels IPVCE, inaugurated on January 27, 1978.
Sport
The Baseball Team of the most western is among the first positions in the ball championships involving other territories, on the eve of getting the best team; figures such as Rogelio Garcia, Luis Giraldo Casanova, Pedro Luis Lazo, and Omar Linares, Juan Castro, Omar Ajete, Faustino Corrales, Alfonso Urquiola, Giraldo Gonzalez, among many others of excellent quality are the stars of this province. The training school for athletes (EIDE), welcomes students from early ages for their training in different types of sports, serving as a source of talent and talent. The Capitán San Luis Stadium, inaugurated in 1969, with a game between the teams of Pinar del Río and Havana. It was the headquarters of the Vegueros and Forestales teams in the decades of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. It was also the Home Club of the Western and Pinar del Río teams of the Selective Series and continues to be the headquarters in National and International Series. It has a capacity of 9534 spectators.
Economy of Pinar del Río
The economy of Pinar del Río has always been endorsed by the possession of the land that gives the best tobacco in the world, from where the largest number of exportable layers for the manufacture of Habanos that have recognized quality brands and have great national and international demand. international.
The territory also has other economic lines among which are: fishing with important fishing locations, one in La Coloma, Puerto Esperanza, Dimas, Arroyo and another in Cortés, as well as food production, the agricultural and forestry branch.
It is important to highlight the remarkable growth that tourism has had in the province, destined to be, in the future, one of the fundamental lines of the economy and the country in general.
Childhood
Cuba has established a network of local services for early childhood that interact with children and their families, and are responsible for creating the best conditions for their development. In Pinar del Río, thanks to this system, universal access to quality preschool education has been achieved through institutional and non-institutional modalities, universal maternal and child health care and the creation of environments that protect children.
The province has prioritized the realization of the right of every child to enjoy the highest possible level of health and life. A culture of shared responsibility is promoted in relation to child development around all organizations.
Religion
During the mediated Republic, with a majority of Spanish priests, and nuns also from the Peninsula, the Church in Cuba consisted of 2 archdioceses, Havana and Santiago de Cuba and 4 dioceses. One of the first to be inaugurated was the diocese of Pinar del Río, on February 20, 1903.
The Cathedral of San Rosendo, an example of ecclesiastical architecture, was founded as a church on March 23, 1883 and as a cathedral in 1903. Presided in its interior by the Patron Saint of Pinar del Río, "San Rosendo"; on the date of his death he celebrates, in his honor, the patronal feast.
Among the religions that predominate in the region are: the Yoruba, also known as Santería or Regla de Osha-Ifa known for the Orishas of the Yoruba pantheon such as Olofin, Orunmila, Eshu, Elegguá, Oggún, Oshosi, Osun, Obbatalá, Yemayá, Shangó , Oshún, Oyá, Aggayú, Babalu Ayé and Olokun; the Adventist who professes the Bible as the only source of their beliefs, norm of faith and practice of Christians, the Jehovah's Witnesses, a religious organization that promotes and practices a religion understood as a restoration of the way of life and original ideas of the First Christians of the first century, supporting their beliefs in the Bible, using for it the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, and the Pentecostal, based on the doctrine or trilogy between God-Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
Of this natural wonder that is Pinar del Río have not escaped the wise, Tranquilino Sandalio de Noda, Carlos de la Torre, Armando Urquiola, Enrique Alonso and Juan Gallardo. The town lives proud of its great pedagogues, between which they emphasize figures like Pedro García Valdés and Leandro González Alcorta.
Culture
The cultural attractions of the city are also part of the thematic agenda of those who want to know Pinar del Río, whose charm can be discovered walking its streets, admiring its peculiar architecture, represented in emblematic buildings such as the Milanés Theater, Natural History Museum (Guasch Palace), Provincial History Museum, the Palace of Marriages, the Hotel Vueltabajo, among others that are part of its tangible heritage. The province also hoards institutions, projects and artistic groups of different manifestations that help to consolidate a more integral culture. These include the Pedro Junco Culture House and the Arturo Regueiro Art Gallery. Events such as the Festival of the Pinar del Río "We" celebrated in the month of November, which for this year arrives at its third edition, fill the streets of Vueltabajo with joy and identity.
Important elements are part of the wealth of attractions in the region: population with high cultural and educational level, high health rates, recognized prestige in sports and culture, professionals with high representativeness and high scientific level, safe social climate and willingness to conservation enviroment.
Health System in Pinar del Río
Pinar del Río, integrated into the National Health System, extends the right to free health throughout its geography. A structure made up of polyclinics, family practice groups and hospitals guarantees and covers the treatment and prophylaxis of diseases for people of all ages, races and genders. Countless achievements count the professionals of this branch, decisive in society.
Education in Pinar del Río
The province is privileged to have institutions such as the University "Hermanos Saíz Montes de Oca", founded on August 20, 1972, which adds today, a high number of graduates, a condition that places it within the largest university centers and prestigious from all over the country. Likewise, in 1976, the Rafael María de Mendive Higher Pedagogical Institute and the Raúl Sánchez Vocational Art School (Music-Ballet-Dance) were started. It also integrates the Vocational Pre-university Institute of Exact Sciences Federico Engels IPVCE, inaugurated on January 27, 1978.
Sport
The Baseball Team of the most western is among the first positions in the ball championships involving other territories, on the eve of getting the best team; figures such as Rogelio Garcia, Luis Giraldo Casanova, Pedro Luis Lazo, and Omar Linares, Juan Castro, Omar Ajete, Faustino Corrales, Alfonso Urquiola, Giraldo Gonzalez, among many others of excellent quality are the stars of this province. The training school for athletes (EIDE), welcomes students from early ages for their training in different types of sports, serving as a source of talent and talent. The Capitán San Luis Stadium, inaugurated in 1969, with a game between the teams of Pinar del Río and Havana. It was the headquarters of the Vegueros and Forestales teams in the decades of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. It was also the Home Club of the Western and Pinar del Río teams of the Selective Series and continues to be the headquarters in National and International Series. It has a capacity of 9534 spectators.
Economy of Pinar del Río
The economy of Pinar del Río has always been endorsed by the possession of the land that gives the best tobacco in the world, from where the largest number of exportable layers for the manufacture of Habanos that have recognized quality brands and have great national and international demand. international.
The territory also has other economic lines among which are: fishing with important fishing locations, one in La Coloma, Puerto Esperanza, Dimas, Arroyo and another in Cortés, as well as food production, the agricultural and forestry branch.
It is important to highlight the remarkable growth that tourism has had in the province, destined to be, in the future, one of the fundamental lines of the economy and the country in general.
Childhood
Cuba has established a network of local services for early childhood that interact with children and their families, and are responsible for creating the best conditions for their development. In Pinar del Río, thanks to this system, universal access to quality preschool education has been achieved through institutional and non-institutional modalities, universal maternal and child health care and the creation of environments that protect children.
The province has prioritized the realization of the right of every child to enjoy the highest possible level of health and life. A culture of shared responsibility is promoted in relation to child development around all organizations.
Religion
During the mediated Republic, with a majority of Spanish priests, and nuns also from the Peninsula, the Church in Cuba consisted of 2 archdioceses, Havana and Santiago de Cuba and 4 dioceses. One of the first to be inaugurated was the diocese of Pinar del Río, on February 20, 1903.
The Cathedral of San Rosendo, an example of ecclesiastical architecture, was founded as a church on March 23, 1883 and as a cathedral in 1903. Presided in its interior by the Patron Saint of Pinar del Río, "San Rosendo"; on the date of his death he celebrates, in his honor, the patronal feast.
Among the religions that predominate in the region are: the Yoruba, also known as Santería or Regla de Osha-Ifa known for the Orishas of the Yoruba pantheon such as Olofin, Orunmila, Eshu, Elegguá, Oggún, Oshosi, Osun, Obbatalá, Yemayá, Shangó , Oshún, Oyá, Aggayú, Babalu Ayé and Olokun; the Adventist who professes the Bible as the only source of their beliefs, norm of faith and practice of Christians, the Jehovah's Witnesses, a religious organization that promotes and practices a religion understood as a restoration of the way of life and original ideas of the First Christians of the first century, supporting their beliefs in the Bible, using for it the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, and the Pentecostal, based on the doctrine or trilogy between God-Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
Of this natural wonder that is Pinar del Río have not escaped the wise, Tranquilino Sandalio de Noda, Carlos de la Torre, Armando Urquiola, Enrique Alonso and Juan Gallardo. The town lives proud of its great pedagogues, between which they emphasize figures like Pedro García Valdés and Leandro González Alcorta.
Culture
The cultural attractions of the city are also part of the thematic agenda of those who want to know Pinar del Río, whose charm can be discovered walking its streets, admiring its peculiar architecture, represented in emblematic buildings such as the Milanés Theater, Natural History Museum (Guash Palace), Provincial History Museum, the Palace of Marriages, the Hotel Vueltabajo, among others that are part of its tangible heritage. The province also hoards institutions, projects and artistic groups of different manifestations that help to consolidate a more integral culture. These include the Pedro Junco Culture House and the Arturo Regueiro Art Gallery. Events such as the Festival of the Pinar del Río "We" celebrated in the month of November, which for this year arrives at its third edition, fill the streets of Vueltabajo with joy and identity.