Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

The Municipio of Santiago de Cuba is one of the twenty two municipios in the province of Oriente, Cuba. This municipio covers a surface of 704 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.

Park Céspedes, La Casa del Te, Club San Carlos and Ayuntamiento of Santiago de Cuba seen from the Cathedral of Santiago de Cuba.

Population: The population of this municipio in 1953 was 166,384 persons.

Population of the Municipio of Santiago de Cuba

Census	1943	1931	1919	1907
Population	120,577	103,525	70,232	53,614

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

The barrios of Santiago de Cuba in 1943 were: Making up the city of Santoago de Cuba: Aguilera, Antonio Maceo, Bravo, Castillo Duany, Leyte Vidal and Moncada. Also: Bacardí, Crombet, Garzón and Torres.

Population of the barrios in the Municipio of Santiago de Cuba

Barrio	1943	1931	1919
Aguilera	13,578	12,629	11,979
Antonio Maceo	9,736	8,607	8,426
Bacardí	25,279	21,385	9,581
Bravo	8,691	7,978	7,225
Castillo Duany	7,075	5,791	5,831
Crombet	1,782	1,023	697
Garzón	34,223	29,678	11,137
Leyte Vidal	5,817	4,426	5,308
Moncada	13,493	11,400	9,767
Torres	903	508	281

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