| LC control no. | n 85022386 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Oriente (Cuba : Province) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Cuba--Oriente (Province) |
| See also | Granma (Cuba) Guantánamo (Cuba : Province) Holguín (Cuba : Province) Las Tunas (Cuba : Province) Santiago de Cuba (Cuba : Province) |
| Found in | Protagonistas y testigos, 1984: p. 6 (Provincia de Oriente; which is referred to in 1933 data as the location of Banes city) LC data base, 6-10-85 (hdg.: Oriente, Cuba (Province)) BGN gaz., Cuba, 1963 (Oriente, [brief] Provincia de; ADMD; 20°35ʹN, 76°00ʹW) Encic. Brit. (Oriente does not appear in list of provinces existing after territorial reorganization effected by Cuban Constitution of 1976; Banes city is indicated to be in Holguín Province) Frommer's online, March 3, 2015 (El Oriente, Cuba; prior to the 1959 Revolution, the eastern half of Cuba was a single province, straightforwardly called El Oriente, or the East; most Cubans still refer to everything east of Camagüey--a region much more scenically and historically interesting than most of central Cuba--as El Oriente, even though it is now composed of the distinct provinces of Holguín, Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Guantánamo, and Las Tunas) Wikipedia, March 3, 2015 (Oriente Province; Oriente (Spanish for "East" or "Orient"); one of six provinces of Cuba until 1976; it was known as "Provncia de Santiago de Cuba" before 1905; the name is still used to refer to the eastern part of the country; the provincial capital was Santiago de Cuba; the province was split up in 1976, with the administrative re-adjustment proclaimed by Cuban Law Number 1304 of July 3, 1976; the territory of "Oriente" is nowadays represented by 5 provinces: Las Tunas Province; Granma Province; Holguín Province; Santiago de Cuba Province; and Guantánamo Province) |
| Geographic area code | nwcu--- |
| Invalid LCCN | n 2015013459 |
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