The Municipio of Güines is one of the twenty six municipios in the province of Havana, Cuba. It is one of the municipios in the center of the province. This municipio covers a surface of 252 square kilometers. To the north it borders with the Municipio of Jaruco; to the northeast with Aguacate; to the east with Madruga; to the southeast with Nueva Paz; to the west Melena del Sur; and to the northwest San José de las Lajas.

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.

Population: The population of this municipio in 1953 was 42,840 persons.

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

The barrios of Güines in 1943 were: Catalina, Norte, Rural Primero, Rural Segundo, Rural Tercero, Rural Cuarto and Sur.