The Governorate of New Havana (Russian: Новогаванская губерния, Novogavanskaya gubyerniya; Spanish: Gobernación de la Nueva Habana), colloquially known as New Havana (Новая Гавана, Novaya Gavana; La Nueva Habana), is a governorate of the Socialist Confederation of New Kamchatka. The region became settled in 1997 in co-operation between Cuba and the Soviet Union. The predominantly Cuban population supported a confederation with the nearby Russian settlements to establish New Kamchatka in 2001. New Havana is currently the largest governorate in area and has a population of 72,262 settlers.