The municipio of Alacranes is one of the twenty two municipios in the province of Matanzas, Cuba. It is located to the southeast of the province; the only one in Matanzas with access to the southern coast of Cuba. This municipio covers a surface of 559 square kilometers.

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 8,961 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 Alacranes in 1943 were: Estante, Este, Oeste and Tinajitas.