They were the first earth that Columbus in 1492 stepped on and which he defined as "the Earth more beautiful than human eyes have seen". In the coast it emphasizes by its Guardalavaca beaches, which they follow a twenty to him of bays, the greater of them the one of Nipe. The economy of the province is agriculturist (sugar cane and citruses), along with the mining Nickel operations.

The city of Holguín, that gives name to the province, is characterized by its peculiar urbanism of straight streets in which seats are put in and to that more important streets are united. At the beginning of May de la Cruz is celebrated to romería of the Hill. It is a new zone of tourist operation with precious beaches and still little amassed.

Holguín (city), considered population: 246 000 (1994). Capital of the province of Holguín, in the east of Cuba. It is a prosperous commercial and naked center of transport in a fertile region with a diversified agriculture. Call frequently "the barn of Cuba", Holguín is in a zone where maize takes place, frijoles, sugar, tobacco and cattle. Most of its exports they are made through its port, Gibara. The city, founded on 1523, receives its name of the Garci'as Holguín, a conqueror of Mexico in century XVI. It was transferred towards his present location in century XVIII.