The Municipio of Caimito del Guayabal is one of the twenty six municipios in the province of Havana, Cuba. It is located at the extreme northeast of the province. This municipio covers a surface of 132 square kilometers. To the west it borders with the province of Pinar del Río; to the south with the Municipio of San Antonio de los Baños and to the east with Bauta. 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 10,051 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 Caimito del Guayabal in 1943 were: Caimito, Guayabal, Perfecto Lacoste and Quintana.