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Municipio of Cárdenas, Matanzas, Cuba

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Municipio of Cárdenas

The municipio of Cárdenas is one of the twenty two municipios in the province of Matanzas, Cuba. It is located toward the center and north of the province. This municipio covers a surface of 320 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.


Map of the Municipio of Cárdenas in Matanzas province, Cuba, in 1940.
Municipio of Cárdenas in Matanzas province

Population: The population of this municipio in 1953 was 45,289 persons.


Population of the Municipio of Cárdenas
Census 1943 1931 1919 1907
Population 45,289 40,571 32,753 28,576

Barrios: The "barrios" (singular: barrio) are similar to the electoral districs in which a county is divided in the United Sates.


The barrios of Cárdenas in 1943 were: Cantel, Fundición, Guásimas, Marina, Méndez Capote, Pueblo Nuevo, Varadero and Versalles.


Population of the barrios in the Municipio of Cárdenas
Barrio 1943 1931 1919
Cantel 784 793 695
Fundición 6,291 5,497 5,220
Guásimas 2,824 2,493 2,056
Marina 8,114 7,707 6,740
Méndez Capote 2,437 2,871 2,332
Pueblo Nuevo 12,553 11,113 7,946
Varadero 2,100 861 193
Versalles 10,186 9,236 7,571




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