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Municipio of Guanabacoa, Havana, Cuba

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Municipio of Guanabacoa

The Municipio of Guanabacoa is one of the twenty six municipios in the province of Havana, Cuba. It is located on the center and north of the province. This Municipio covers a surface of 289 square kilometers. To the west it borders with the municipios of Havana and Regla; to the south with San Antonio de las Vegas, San José de las Lajas and with Santa María del Rosario which also borders it on the east. To the east it also borders with Santa Cruz del Norte and Jaruco. To the north its coast, with some of Cuba best beaches, is washed by the Gulf of Mexico.


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 Guanabacoa in Havana province in 1940.
Municipio of Guanabacoa in Havana province

Population: The population of this municipio in 1953 was 112,333 persons.


Population of the Municipio of Guanabacoa
Census 1943 1931 1919 1907
Population 64,947 50,579 31,389 24,968

In Guanabacoa. Photo 2003.
In Guanabacoa

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


The barrios of Guanabacoa in 1943 were: Bacuranao, Campo Florido, Cojímar, Cruz Verde, Este de Corral Falso, Este de la Asunción, Este de San Francisco, Oeste de Corral Falso, Oeste de la Asunción, Oeste de San Francisco, Pepe Antonio and San Miguel del Padrón.


Population of the barrios in the Municipio of Guanabacoa
Barrio 1943 1931 1919
Bacuranao 3,109 3,229 2,950
Campo Florido 3,445 3,135 3,092
Cojímar 7,651 6,689 2,609
Cruz Verde 4,757 3,610 2,989
Este de Corral Falso 4,366 3,445 2,390
Este de la Asunción 3,544 2,625 1,986
Este de San Francisco 3,643 2,855 2,276
Oeste de Corral Falso 3,593 2,913 2,219
Oeste de la Asunción 3,981 3,374 3,014
Oeste de San Francisco 2,872 2,016 1,478
Pepe Antonio 1,655 1,995 1,800
San Miguel del Padrón 22,331 14,693 4,586




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