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Municipio of Santa Cruz del Sur

The municipio of Santa Cruz del Sur is one of the nine municipios in the province of Camagüey, Cuba. It is located to the south and center of the province. This municipio covers a surface of 3,316 square kilometers. It borders on the east with the Municipio of Guáimaro; to the south and southwest it has coast on the Caribbean Sea; and to the northeast and north the Municipio of Camagüey.


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 Santa Cruz del Sur in Camagüey province in 1940.
Municipio of Santa Cruz del Sur in Camagüey province

Population: The population of this municipio in 1953 was 61,145 persons.


Population of the Municipio of Santa Cruz del Sur
Census 1943 1931 1919 1907
Population 45,063 31,099 15,786 9,550

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 Cruz del Sur in 1943 were: Buenaventura, Doce Leguas, El Junco, Gonzalo de Quesada, Guaicanamar, Guayabal, La Calzada, Playa Bonita, San Pedro and Yaguabo.


Population of the barrios in the Municipio of Santa Cruz del Sur
Barrio 1943 1931 1919
Buenaventura 6,772 3,412 1,303
Doce Leguas --- 64 50
El Junco 5,826 4,317 1,693
Gonzalo de Quesada 6,334 2,558 548
Guaicanamar 4,591 2,841 1,668
Guayabal 11,468 8,424 6,564
La Calzada 253 2,625 1,455
Playa Bonita 515 1,003 741
San Pedro 2,359 1,469 716
Yaguabo 6,945 4,386 1,048




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