The Municipio of Marianao is one of the twenty six municipios in the province of Havana, Cuba. It is located on the north coast of the province. This municipio covers a surface of 160 square kilometers. To the west and southwest borders with the Municipio of Bauta; to the east and southeast with Santiago de las Vegas; and to the east with Havana. To the north the Gulf of Mexico.

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 229,576 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 Marianao in 1943 were: Arroyo Arenas, Cano, Ceiba, Coco Solo, Columbia, La Lisa, Playa, Pocito, Quemados, Redención and Wajay.