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Municipio of Colón, Matanzas, Cuba

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Municipio of Colón

The municipio of Colón is one of the twenty two municipios in the province of Matanzas, Cuba. It is located toward the center of the province. This municipio covers a surface of 717 square kilometers.


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 Colón in Matanzas province, Cuba, in 1940.
Municipio of Colón in Matanzas province

Population: The population of this municipio in 1953 was 29,530 personas.


Population of the Municipio of Colón
Census 1943 1931 1919 1907
Population 25,052 22,944 20,037 14,960

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


The barrios of Colón in 1943 were: Agüica, Este, Guareiras, Jacán, Laguna Grande, Oeste and Palmillas.


Population of the barrios in the Municipio of Colón
Barrio 1943 1931 1919
Agüica 2,170 1,898 1,610
Este 5,779 4,469 4,126
Guareiras 2,385 2,489 1,827
Jacán 3,946 4,083 3,361
Laguna Grande 1,908 1,826 1,926
Oeste 6,054 4,844 3,920
Palmillas 2,810 3,335 3,267




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