Pedro Betancourt, sometimes shortened as Betancourt, is a municipality and town in the

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. It is located in the center of the province, west of

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and east of

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. It was founded in 1833.

History

Its original name was Corral Falso de Macurijes. Pedro Betancourt's name comes from a famous Spanish-Cuban patriot, Pedro Estanislao Betancourt Dávalos, who was one of the Major-General in the independence war, waged by the Cuban natives against the

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Geography

The municipality was historically divided into the

barrio ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city delimited by functional (e.g. residential, comm ...

s of Cabecera Norte, Cabecera Sur (both constituting the town), Ciego, Linche, Navajas, Platanal, Punta Brava, Torriente and Tramojos. Nowadays it counts the town itself and 7 popular councils (''consejos populares'', i.e. villages): The main town of Betancourt and the villages of Bolondrón, Camilo, Güira de Macurijes, Manolito, Navajas and Pedroso-Socorro.

Demographics

In 2022, the municipality of Pedro Betancourt had a population of 29,565. With a total area of , it has a population density of .

Sisters towns

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