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Municipio of Placetas

The Municipio of Placetas is one of the thirty two municipios in the province of Las Villas, Cuba. This municipio covers a surface of 561 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 Placetas in the province of Las Villas in 1940.

Population: The population of this municipio in 1953 was 48,662 persons.


Population of the Municipio
Census 1943 1931 1919 1907
Population 42,719 33,096 24,062 16,682

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


The barrios of Placetas in 1943 were: Cabecera, Guaracabulla, Hernando, Nazareno, San Andrés, Sitio Potrero and Tibisial.


Population of the barrios in the Municipio of Placetas
Barrio 1943 1931 1919
Cabecera 20,375 14,891 11,380
Guaracabulla 5,024 4,392 2,297
Hernando 2,708 2,178 1,883
Nazareno 2,459 2,671 2,094
San Andrés 3,579 2,647 2,040
Sitio Potrero 1,642 1,366 914
Tibisial 6,932 4,951 3,454




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