 In 1939, famed painter Carlos Enriquez bought a small ranch house in Arroyo Naranjo, dubbed "El Huron Azul" (the Blue Ferret), which became a meeting-place for Cuba's avant-garde artists, and is now a museum dedicated to Enriquez' work.In 2004, the municipality of Arroyo Naranjo had a population of 210,053.With a total area of , it has a population density of .