| Official Name: | Pedro Betancourt |
| Other Name: | Betancourt |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Cuba |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Matanzas |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1833 |
| Established Title2: | Established |
| Established Date2: | 1879 |
| Area Total Km2: | 388 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Total: | 29,565 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 22.7303°N -81.2908°W |
| Elevation M: | 25 |
| Area Code: | +53-52 |
Pedro Betancourt, sometimes shortened as Betancourt, is a municipality and town in the Matanzas Province of Cuba. It is located in the center of the province, west of Jagüey Grande and east of Unión de Reyes. It was founded in 1833.
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 Spanish Crown.
The municipality was historically divided into the barrios of Cabecera Norte, Cabecera Sur (both constituting the town), Ciego, Linche, Navajas, Platanal, Punta Brava, Torriente and Tramojos.[1] 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.
In 2022, the municipality of Pedro Betancourt had a population of 29,565.[2] With a total area of 388km2,[3] it has a population density of 76/km2.