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Baraguá
Geographic location
The municipality of Baraguá has a surface extension of 728.18 km². It limits to the north with the Primero de Enero municipality, to the south with the waters of the Gulf of Ana María, to the east, it has as limits the municipalities of Florida and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and to the west the municipalities of Venezuela, Ciego de Ávila and Ciro Redondo.
Characteristics
It has a population density of 6911 inhabitants in 628 km². Its main economic source is the cultivation of sugar cane and the production of raw and refined sugar, as it has the only refinery in the province. It has the town of Baraguá and four bateyes where production units are located for the cultivation of sugar cane and other minor crops, which facilitate employment as a family breadwinner.
Structure adopted in 1990 to restructure the socioeconomic situation of Cuba, in addition to important social works in the sugar mill. The population of the popular council more than 80% depends economically on the sugar cane industry and agriculture.