Los Palacios is a municipality and city in the Pinar del Río Province

Pinar del Río Province

Pinar del Río is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is at the western end of the island of Cuba.-Geography:The Pinar del Río province is Cuba's westernmost province and contains one of Cuba's three main mountain ranges, the Cordillera de Guaniguanico, divided into the easterly Sierra del Rosario and...

 of Cuba

Cuba

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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 Limones, Macurijes, Paso Real, Santa Mónica, Santo Domingo, Sierra and Urbano.

It was founded in 1760.

Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of Los Palacios had a population of 38,950. With a total area of 786 km² (303.5 sq mi), it has a population density of 49.6 /km2.