Santa María del Rosario Cuba

The Municipio of Santa María del Rosario is one of the twenty six municipios in the province of Havana, Cuba. This municipio covers a surface of 76 square kilometers. To the east it borders with the Municipio of San José de las Lajas; to the south with San Antonio de las Vegas; and to the north and west with Guanabacoa.

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.

«La Catedral de los Campos de Cuba» The chruch of Santa María del Rosario. Photo 2003.

«The Cathedral of the fields of Cuba»

in Santa María del Rosario

Population: The population of this municipio in 1953 was 21,600 persons.

Population of the Municipio of Santa María del Rosario

Census	1943	1931	1919	1907
Population	10,294	6,597	4,913	3,915

Municipio of Santa María del Rosario in the province of Havana

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 María del Rosario in 1943 were: Cambute, Capote, Ciudad, Grillo, San Antonio and San Pedro del Cotorro.

Population of the barrios in the Municipio of Santa María del Rosario

Barrio	1943	1931	1919
Cambute	500	493	380
Capote	1,315	1,204	947
Ciudad	1,581	1,323	890
Grillo	1,913	1,012	780
San Antonio	638	669	612
San Pedro del Cotorro	4,347	1,896	1,304

Carretera Central (Cuban Main Highway) in Cotorro, from the intersection with the road to the city of Santa María del Rosario. Photo 2003.

Carretera Central (Cuban Main Highway) in San Pedro del Cotorro

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