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Municipio of Fomento |
The Municipio of Fomento is one of the thirty two municipios in the province of Las Villas, Cuba. This municipio covers a surface of 471 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. |
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Population: The population of this municipio in 1953 was 35,110 persons. |
| Population of the Municipio |
| Census |
1943 |
1931 |
1919 |
1907 |
| Population |
32,068 |
23,341 |
12,799 |
6,072 |
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| The Agabama in the Municipio of Fomento |
| Photo cortesy of Sr. Sebastián Andrés de Bruzos Font |
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Barrios: The "barrios" (singular: barrio) are similar to the electoral districs in which a county is divided in the United Sates. |
The barrios of Fomento in 1943 were: Fomento, Güinia de Miranda and Jíquimas. |
Population of the barrios in the Municipio of Fomento |
| Barrio |
1943 |
1931 |
1919 |
| Fomento |
17,381 |
13,890 |
6,881 |
| Güinia de Miranda |
8,454 |
6,091 |
3,255 |
| Jíquimas |
6,233 |
4,360 |
2,663 |
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