Pedro Betancourt

Pedro Betancourt, occasionally shortened as Betancourt, is a municipality and metropolis within the Matanzas Province of Cuba. It is located within the middle of the province, west of Jagüey Grande and east of Unión de Reyes. It become founded in 1833. Its unique name become Corral Falso de Macurijes. Pedro Betancourt's call comes from a famous Spanish-Cuban patriot, Pedro Estanislao Betancourt Davalos, who was one of the Major-General inside the independence war, waged through the Cuban natives in opposition to the Spanish Crown.

The municipality changed into historically divided into the barrios of Cabecera Norte, Cabecera Sur, Ciego, Linche, Navajas, Platanal, Punta Brava, Torriente and Tramojos. Nowadays it counts the town itself and 6 popular councils: Bolondrón, Camilo, Guira de Macurijes, Manolito, Navajas and Pedroso-Socorro. In 2004, the municipality of Pedro Betancourt had a population of . With a complete vicinity of 388 km2,it has a population density of 83.0/km2.