The Municipio of San José de las Lajas is one of the twenty six municipios in the province of Havana, Cuba. It is one of the municipios toward the center of the province. This municipio covers a surface of 219 square kilometers. To the north it borders with the Municipio of Guanabacoa; to the south with Melena del Sur; to the northeast Jaruco and to the southeast Güines; to the northwest Santa María del Rosario and to the southwest San Antonio de las Vegas.

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 18,952 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 San José de las Lajas in 1943 were: Chávez, Cotilla, Ganuza, Independencia Norte, Independencia Sur, Jamaica, Jaula, Portugalete, San Andrés, Santa Bárbara and Tapaste.