Bosque, also known as El Bosque, is a small hamlet in Camajuani,

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. It is located in the wards (''consejos populares'') of

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and Camajuani II.

History

In the

Ten Years' War The Ten Years' War ( es, Guerra de los Diez Años; 1868–1878), also known as the Great War () and the War of '68, was part of Cuba's fight for independence from Spain. The uprising was led by Cuban-born planters and other wealthy natives. O ...

on November 4, 1895,

Leoncio Vidal Leoncio Vidal y Caro (September 12, 1864 – March 23, 1896) was a Cuban revolutionary that fought in the Cuban War of Independence. A colonel, he fell in battle in Santa Clara, Cuba. He is considered a hero in Cuba and the Parque Vidal in Santa Cla ...

ordered for a surrender of the El Bosque fort. In 1919 El Bosque was a barrio and apart of

San Antonio de las Vueltas San Antonio de las Vueltas, also known as Vueltas, is a village and ''consejo popular'' ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) in central northern Cuba, belonging to the municipality of Camajuaní, Villa Clara Province. With a population of 13,805 it is ...

Economy

According at the DMPF ( or Management Control Department Municipal Physical Planning in English) of Camajuani, El Bosque is a settlement not linked to any source of an economic or job development. In the hamlet there is an egg hatchery, called UEB "El Bosque", owned by Lenier Juanrecio Torres.

Education

El Bosque has one school being "Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda" Primary school.

References

External links

El Bosque (Camajuaní)
on EcuRed Populated places in Villa Clara Province Camajuaní {{Cuba-geo-stub