Perico is a municipality and city in the Matanzas Province

Matanzas Province

Matanzas is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns in the province include Cárdenas, Colón, Jovellanos and the capital of the same name, Matanzas...

 of Cuba

Cuba

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. It is located south of Marti

Martí, Cuba

Martí is a town and municipality in north-eastern section of Cuba's Matanzas Province.-Geography:The municipality is divided into the barrios of Guamutas, Lacret, La Teja, Martí, Máximo Gómez, Motembo and Río de la Palma....

, north of Colón

Colón, Cuba

Colón is a municipality and city in the Matanzas Province of Cuba.-Geography:The municipality is divided into the campos of Agüica, Este, Guareiras, Jacán, Laguna Grande, Oeste and Palmillas.-History:...

 and east of Jovellanos.

The municipality is divided into the barrio

Barrio

Barrio is a Spanish word meaning district or neighborhood.-Usage:In its formal usage in English, barrios are generally considered cohesive places, sharing, for example, a church and traditions such as feast days...

s of Altamisal, Norte, Quintana, Roque, Sur and Tinguaro.

It was founded in 1874 near a garrison of the Spanish colonial civil guard. The name was changed in 1885 to Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes

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, then restored to Perico in 1899.

Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of Perico had a population of 31,147. With a total area of 278 km² (107.3 sq mi), it has a population density of 112 /km2.