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Niquero, Cuba

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Municipio of Niquero

The Municipio of Niquero is one of the twenty two municipios in the province of Oriente, Cuba. This municipio covers a surface of 1,872 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.


Municipio of Niquero in the province of Oriente in 1940.

Population: The population of this municipio in 1953 was 66,844 persons.


Population of the Municipio of Niquero
Census 1943 1931 1919 1907
Population 50,817 36,025 25,539 14,936

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


The barrios of Niquero in 1943 were: Belic, Gorito, Jagua, Media Luna, Norte, Pilón, Platanito, Sevilla, Sur and Vicana.


Population of the barrios in the Municipio of Niquero
Barrio 1943 1931 1919
Belie 3,428 1,338 616
Gorito 6,201 5,328 1,474
Jagua 5,806 3,594 2,224
Media Luna 5,816 5,127 4,116
Norte 2,885 2,272 2,189
Platanito 2,066 1,656 849
Pilón 11,595 6,200 3,994
Sevilla 3,444 2,894 1,431
Sur 3,343 2,635 2,103
Vicana 6,233 4,981 3,243




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