Isla de la Juventud (; ) is the second-largest
Cuban island and the seventh-largest island in the
West Indies (after Cuba itself,
Hispaniola,
Jamaica,
Puerto Rico,
Trinidad, and
Andros Island). The island was called the
Isle of Pines (
Isla de Pinos) until 1978. It has an area and is 50 km south of the island of
Cuba, across the
Gulf of Batabanó. The island lies almost directly south of
Havana and
Pinar del Río and is a Special Municipality (2,419 km
2), not part of any province and is therefore administered directly by the central government of Cuba. The island has only one municipality, also named Isla de la Juventud.