San Miguel del Padrón

San Miguel del Padrón, city, west-central Cuba. It is situated 10 miles (16 km) south-southeast of central Havana and constitutes a municipality in the province-level Ciudad de la Habana (City of Havana).

For many years San Miguel del Padrón was a small commercial and manufacturing centre in a sugar-growing and dairying district, but it became, with the expansion of Havana, a functional part of the Havana metropolitan area. Major avenues and a railroad connect the city with downtown Havana. Pop. (2002) 158,911; (2011 est.) 163,988.