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Municipio of Morón

The municipio of Morón is one of the nine municipios in the province of Camagüey, Cuba. It is located to the north and extreme west of the province. This municipio covers a surface of 4,244 square kilometers. It borders on the east with the Municipio of Esmeralda; to the south with Ciego de Avila and Jatibonico; to the west with Las Villas province; to the north the Canal Viejo de las Bahamas.


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.


Map of the Municipio of Morón in Camagüey province in 1940.
Municipio of Morón in Camagüey province

Population: The population of this municipio in 1953 was 106,926 persons.


Population of the Municipio of Morón
Census 1943 1931 1919 1907
Population 85,910 78,710 43,361 13,898

Municipio of Morón, in the Feria de los Municipios, Miami, USA. 2004.
Municipio of Morón in the Feria de los Municipios

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


The barrios of Morón in 1943 were: Coronel Hernández, Chambas, Cupeyes, Este, Guadalupe, Mabuya, Marroquí, Oeste, Punta Alegre, Ranchuelo, Santa Gertrudis, Simón Reyes o Sandoval and Tamarindo.


Population of the barrios in the Municipio of Morón
Barrio 1943 1931 1919
Coronel Hernández 2,587 2,590 1,974
Chambas 7,251 6,663 3,169
Cupeyes 10,742 9,799 3,460
Este 9,491 8,562 5,214
Guadalupe 6,953 6,208 3,045
Mabuya 2,948 2,695 1,968
Marroquí 4,581 3,489 1,929
Oeste 7,532 6,763 4,436
Punta Alegre 6,538 5,501 3,654
Ranchuelo 7,729 7,468 3,870
Santa Gertrudis 6,010 5,909 2,053
Simón Reyes o Sandoval 8,848 8,337 5,861
Tamarindo 4,700 4,726 2,728




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