The Municipio of La Salud is one of the twenty six municipios in the province of Havana, Cuba. This municipio covers a surface of 74 square kilometers. To the east it borders with the Municipio of Batabanó; to the southeast with Quivicán; to the south with Güira de Melena; to the west with San Antonio de los Baños; and to the north with Bejucal.

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 6,074 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 La Salud in 1943 were: Buenaventura, Güiro Boñigal and Pueblo.