The Municipio of Santa Cruz del Norte is one of the twenty six municipios in the province of Havana, Cuba. It is located on the northern coast of the province. This municipio covers a surface of 131 square kilometers. To the east it borders with the province of Matanzas; to the south with Aguacate and Jaruco; to the west with Guanabacoa. To the north the Strait of Florida.

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 10,683 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 Santa Cruz del Norte in 1943 were: Boca de Jaruco, Jibacoa and Santa Cruz del Norte.