The Municipio of Jaruco is one of the twenty six municipios in the province of Havana, Cuba. This municipio covers a surface of 518 square kilometers. To the north it borders with the Municipio of Santa Cruz del Norte; to the east with Aguacate; to the south with Güines; and to the west with San José de las Lajas and Guanabacoa.

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.

Population: The population of this municipio in 1953 was 18,099 persons.

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

The barrios of Jaruco in 1943 were: Arroyo Vuelto, Casiguas, Castilla, Ciudad, Don Martín, Escalera, Paradero de Bainoa, Paradero de Jaruco, San Antonio de Río Blanco and Santa Ana.