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Victoria de las Tunas, Cuba

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Municipio of Victoria de las Tunas

The Municipio of Victoria de las Tunas is one of the twenty two municipios in the province of Oriente, Cuba. This municipio covers a surface of 4,001 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 Victoria de las Tunas in the province of Oriente in 1940.

Population: The population of this municipio in 1953 was 125,869 persons.


Population of the Municipio of Victoria de las Tunas
Census 1943 1931 1919 1907
Population 91,292 61,561 34,102 14,358

Arms of the Municipio of Victoria de las Tunas en el Exilio. Presented with permission from this institution and with all our respect.

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


The barrios of Victoria de las Tunas in 1943 were: Primero, Segundo, Antonio Machado, Arenas, Caisimú, Cauto del Paso, Cuaba, Curana, Dumañuecos, Jobabo, Manatí, Ojo de Agua, Oriente, Palmarito, Playuelas and San José de la Plata.


Population of the barrios in the Municipio of Victoria de las Tunas
Barrio 1943 1931 1919
Primero 7,428 4,407 2,544
Segundo 4,872 3,611 1,816
Antonio Machado 4,763 2,980 1,595
Arenas 6,772 4,272 2,475
Caisimú 2,688 2,164 1,191
Cauto del Paso 2,914 2,185 1,575
Cuaba 4,823 3,811 2,232
Curana 8,291 5,438 2,718
Dumañuecos 7,922 4,937 4,782
Jobabo 5,093 4,117 2,196
Manatí 3,126 2,270 1,137
Ojo de Agua 10,058 5,593 2,537
Oriente 3,361 2,770 2,171
Palmarito 5,038 3,789 2,000
Playuelas 7,408 4,695 1,371
San José de la Plata 6,735 4,522 1,762

All our thanks to the Municipio of Victoria de las Tunas en el Exilio for the collaboration and always eloquent words which have encourage us to do this work, not only for this municipio but for everything we present in Guije.com. Thank you to all “tuneros” and in particular to the president of this institution, Sr. Orlando Pascual.





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