The municipio of Bauta is one of the twenty six municipios in the province of Havana, Cuba. It is located at the north and east of the province. This municipio covers a surface of 143 square kilometers. It borders on the west with the Municipio of Caimito de Guayabal; to the south with that of San Antonio de los Baños; and to the east with Santiago de las Vegas and Marianao. To the north the Gulf of Mexico.

Note: A “municipio” (plural: municipios) is the first political division of the provinces in Cuba. It is similar, in many ways, to the county or parish in which a state is divided in the United States.

Population: The population of this municipio in 1953 was 29,449 persons.

Barrios: The “barrios” (singular: barrio) are similar to the electoral districs in which a county is divided in the United Sates.

The barrios of Bauta in 1943 were: Anafe, Baracoa, Bauta, Cangrejeras, Félix E. Alpízar (Corralillo), General Antonio Maceo (San Pedro), Guatao and Punta Brava.