the Movimiento 26 de Julio. Thousands of people took to the streets, with the burial of the young men being a centerpoint of a riot, and a crowd escorted the funerary car up to the cemetery at which Alborna and Luis Lorenzo Gonzalez spoke. Motorized police reinforcements took Regla and surrounded the cemetery and shot at close range. The police took prisoners, and many escaped, including Juan Alborna, but with a hand injury that was cured by his girlfriend Noemi Vidal. It was practically a popular uprising. But in 1960 Juan Alborna Salado became dissident. Demographics In 2004, the municipality of Regla had a population of 44,431. With an area of , it had a population density of . Regla is divided into Barrios or Colonias, including Reparto Modelo, La Colonia, La Loma and La Colina Lenin. It is also divided into three Consejos Populares (People's Council), the grassroots local government form in Cuba, namely Guaicanamar, comprising Regla downtown; Loma-Modelo, comprising Regla suburbs; and Casablanca, comprising the village of the same name and its surrounding area. Twin towns Corsico, Italy, since 2003 Richmond, California, USA Almada, Portugal, since 2004 See also Jose Canseco List of cities in Cuba Municipalities of Cuba References External links Unofficial Regla Sister City Web Site Municipalities of Havana Populated places established in 1765