Las Tunas Province
—  Province of Cuba  —
Country	Cuba
Capital	Victoria de Las Tunas
Area[1]
• Total	6,595.25 km2 (2,546.44 sq mi)
Population (2010-12-31)[1]
• Total	536,027
• Density	81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	+53-31

Las Tunas is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns include Puerto Padre and Amancio, as well as the capital, Victoria de Las Tunas (sometimes known as Las Tunas, or even just Tuna).

The Las Tunas province was established in 1976, when it was split from the 'Oriente Province.

The southern coast, which opens onto the Gulf of Guacanayabo, is marshy and characterised by mangroves. This wet area is used to grow sugarcane, as the wet climate is well suited for the crop.

Cattle are also grazed in the province, which was, until 1975, part of the Oriente province that was divided into five smaller provinces by the Cuban government. Victoria de Las Tunas was just a small market town until that year, and a large development program was started to modernise the town and connect it by road to Havana.^{[citation needed]}

Municipalities[link]

Source: Population from 2004 Census.^[2] Area from 1976 municipal re-distribution.^[3]

Demographics[link]

In 2004, the province of Las Tunas had a population of 529,850.^[2] With a total area of 6,587.75 km² (2,543.54 sq mi),^[4] the province had a population density of 80.4 /km² (208 /sq mi).

See also[link]

Cuba portal

• Oriente Province

References[link]

External links[link]

• (English) Periodico 26 (Las Tunas Province newspaper)
• (Spanish) Las Tunas portal

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Jorge Cervantes at the 2010 High Times Medical Cannabis Cup

Jorge Cervantes is a pseudonym for George Van Patten, a horticulturist and writer specializing in indoor, outdoor, and greenhouse cannabis cultivation. His books, articles, photographs and instructional DVDs have been sold worldwide as guidebooks to horticultural techniques to high-yield closet, basement, backyard, and guerrilla gardens.

Background[link]

Van Patten developed his lifelong interest with cannabis as a university student in Mexico.^[1] After graduation, he moved to California and became a guerrilla grower of "sinsemilla" (Spanish for without seeds) marijuana, the "new" high-quality cannabis that Mexicans reserved for domestic consumption. In the early 1980s, Cervantes started growing indoors, but a lack of credible information about indoor cultivation led him to author Indoor Marijuana Horticulture in 1983. The book became a best-seller, and successful indoor growers dubbed it the "Indoor Grower's Bible" which became the book's subtitle. Today, growers simply call it "The Bible".^[2]

[edit] The Bible

Van Patten (as Jorge Cervantes) first published the book Indoor Marijuana Horticulture in 1983. That first edition was 96 pages, bound by staples, and printed in black and white. Now in its fifth edition, with 512 full-color pages and 1120 full-color photographs and illustrations.^[3] Marijuana Horticulture sold over 600,000 copies printed in Dutch, English, French and German. Marijuana Horticulture has just been released in Spanish, Italian, and in Russian. The book's credits list more than three hundred contributors including Rob Clarke and Ed Rosenthal.

Van Patten has reworked "Marijuana Horticulture" as " Gardening Indoors with Soil & Hydroponics" to appeal to non-marijuana indoor growing enthusiasts. He publishes that title, along with several other books on hydroponics, under his real name.^[4]

Other publications[link]

In his monthly question-and-answer column, Jorge's Rx, located in High Times magazine's cultivation section, Cervantes provides his solutions to growers problems. He also pens a regular column in Soft Secrets magazine. Van Patten is Bilingual and speaks at eight international cannabis fairs in Europe every year, and contributes feature cultivation articles to High Times, Burst High (Japanese), and other European cannabis magazines.^[5]

Video[link]

The English language Jorge Cervantes' Ultimate Grow DVD I (2006) and Jorge Cervantes' Ultimate Grow DVD II (2007) are training videos for cannabis cultivation. In them, Van Patten (in disguise) tours indoor and outdoor gardens, giving tips and advice for growers of marijuana.^[6]

Web[link]

Van Patten attends and participates in several cannabis trade fairs including: www.highlife.nl, www.cannabiscup.com, www.hightimes.com, and www.cannatrade.com. Jorge is also an active user on Youtube, Twitter, and Livestream.

References[link]

External links[link]

• www.marijuanagrowing.com
• www.marijuanagrowing.com
• www.highlife.nl
• www.cannabiscup.com
• www.hightimes.com
• www.cannatrade.com
• www.jorgecervantes.tv