GUINES, a town in the interior of Havana province, Cuba, about 3o m. S.E. of Havana. Pop. (1931) 30,922. It is situated on a plain, in the midst of a rich plantation district, chiefly de voted to the cultivation of tobacco. The first railway in Cuba was built from Havana to Guines between 1835 and 1838. A good highway connects Guines with the capital. The pueblo of Guines, which was built on a great private estate of the same name, dates back to about 1735.