Tuinicú, also known as Tunicú is a small hamlet in
Encrucijada
Encrucijada () is a municipality and town in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1850 and established as a municipality in 1910.
History
The municipality was divided into the barrios of Centro, Paso Real, El Santo and Vega Redo ...
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Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
Geography
Tunicú has the same name as the
Tunicú River, nearby the town.
History
In March 1896 during the
Cuban War of Independence, general Jose Larcet Morlot went to Encrucijada, the
Sagua la Chica River Sagua la Chica River is a river of northern Cuba, that flows through Villa Clara Province. Arising in the hills of Placetas, it flows north for 45 miles and empties into the Bay of Buena Vista.
Villages
Towns and villages near the Sauga la Chica in ...
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Paso Real, and the Tunicu River. To later enter
Santa Clara,
Vega Alta, and
Calabazar de Sagua
Calabazar de Sagua, also shortened as Calabazar, is a Cuban village and ''consejo popular'' ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Encrucijada, in Villa Clara Province, Cuba. In 2011 it had a population of 7,912.
History
Founded ...
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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 ...
rebels in
Cinco Villas District went though San Gil, Ayagan, and Tunicu to then split up to get Encrucijada and Calabazar de Sagua.
Transportation
Tunicu is on a rail line starting in Santa Clara, going to Crucero Margot, to
Luis Arcos Bergnes, Vega Alta,
Canoa, Tuinicu,
Constancia, Encrucijada, Mata, El Vaquerito, Aguada la Piedra,
Cifuentes, San Diego del Valle, Conyedo, and finally back to Santa Clara.
References
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External links
Tuinicú (Encrucijada)-
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Populated places in Villa Clara Province