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Municipio of Ciego de Avila

The municipio of Ciego de Avila is one of the nine municipios in the province of Camagüey, Cuba. It is located to the south and west of the province. This municipio covers a surface of 3,004 square kilometers. It borders on the north with the Municipio of Morón; to the northeast with Esmeralda; to the east with Florida; on the west with Jatibonico; and to the south the Gulf of Ana María in the Caribbean Sea.


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 Ciego de Avila in Camagüey province in 1940.
Municipio of Ciego de Avila in Camagüey province

Population: The population of this municipio in 1953 was 97,852 persons.


Population of the Municipio of Ciego de Avila
Census 1943 1931 1919 1907
Population 78,508 64,752 44,972 13,933

Municipio of Ciego de Avila, in the Feria de los Municipios, Miami, USA. 2004.
Municipio of Ciego de Avila in the Feria de los Municipios

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


The barrios of Ciego de Avila in 1943 were: Angel Castillo, Ceballos, Guanales, Jagüeyal, Jicotea, José Miguel Gómez, Júcaro, La Ceiba, Majagua, Norte, San Nicolás and Sur.


Population of the barrios in the Municipio of Ciego de Avila
Barrio 1943 1931 1919
Angel Castillo 3,169 2,278 1,465
Ceballos 2,993 2,785 1,754
Guanales 8,575 7,512 3,755
Jagüeyal 4,165 3,083 2,857
Jicotea 2,585 2,073 1,479
José Miguel Gómez 4,207 3,681 3,248
Júcaro 3,123 2,563 1,256
La Ceiba 5,186 4,914 2,984
Majagua 9,541 7,680 6,022
Norte 13,716 10,417 7,876
San Nicolás 5,834 6,196 3,744
Sur 15,414 11,570 8,532




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