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Municipio of Santa María del Rosario, Havana, Cuba

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Municipio of Santa María del Rosario

The Municipio of Santa María del Rosario is one of the twenty six municipios in the province of Havana, Cuba. This municipio covers a surface of 76 square kilometers. To the east it borders with the Municipio of San José de las Lajas; to the south with San Antonio de las Vegas; and to the north and west with 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.


«La Catedral de los Campos de Cuba» The chruch of Santa María del Rosario. Photo 2003.
«The Cathedral of the fields of Cuba»
in Santa María del Rosario

Population: The population of this municipio in 1953 was 21,600 persons.


Population of the Municipio of Santa María del Rosario
Census 1943 1931 1919 1907
Population 10,294 6,597 4,913 3,915

Map of the Municipio of Santa María del Rosario in the province of Havana in 1940.
Municipio of Santa María del Rosario in the province of Havana

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


The barrios of Santa María del Rosario in 1943 were: Cambute, Capote, Ciudad, Grillo, San Antonio and San Pedro del Cotorro.


Population of the barrios in the Municipio of Santa María del Rosario
Barrio 1943 1931 1919
Cambute 500 493 380
Capote 1,315 1,204 947
Ciudad 1,581 1,323 890
Grillo 1,913 1,012 780
San Antonio 638 669 612
San Pedro del Cotorro 4,347 1,896 1,304

Carretera Central (Cuban Main Highway) in Cotorro, from the intersection with the road to the city of Santa María del Rosario. Photo 2003.
Carretera Central (Cuban Main Highway) in San Pedro del Cotorro




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