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La Quinta, Cuba
La Quinta, also known as Quinta, Quinto, and Poblado la Quinta is a small town and ward (Consejo popular (Cuba), consejo popular) home of 1,026 in Camajuani, Villa Clara Province, Villa Clara, Cuba. Nearby towns are Romano, Cuba, Romano, La Mano, Cuba, La Mano, Piedra (Camajuaní), Piedra, Aguijón, Cuba, Aguijón, Matilde, Cuba, Matilde Blanquizal, Cuba, Blanquizal, and El Cubano, Cuba, La Flora. History Juan Bruno Zayas, a general in the Cuban War of Independence, Cuban war of Independence lived shortly in La Quinta and later Vega Alta, Cuba, Vega Alta. Until 1976 La Quinta was a part of San Antonio de las Vueltas Municipality. In 1992, Caledonia Valdés became the president of the ward until 1998, where he switched to a president of Camajuaní II. Education La Quinta has one school, which is: * Andrés Cuevas Primary Economy According at the DMPF ( or Management Control Department Municipal Physical Planning in English) of Camajuani, La Quinta is a settlement li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital. Cuba is the List of countries and dependencies by population, third-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with about 10 million inhabitants. It is the largest country in the Caribbean by area. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited as early as the 4th millennium BC, with the Guanahatabey and Taino, Taíno peoples inhabiting the area at the time of Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish colonization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuban War Of Independence
The Cuban War of Independence (), also known in Cuba as the Necessary War (), fought from 1895 to 1898, was the last of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain, the other two being the Ten Years' War (1868–1878) and the Little War (1879–1880). During the war, Spain sent 220,285 soldiers to Cuba—according to the Library of Congress, the largest army to cross the Atlantic until World War II. The final three months of the conflict escalated to become the Spanish–American War, with United States forces being deployed in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines against Spain. Historians disagree as to the extent that United States officials were motivated to intervene for humanitarian reasons but agree that yellow journalism exaggerated atrocities attributed to Spanish forces against Cuban civilians. Background During the years 1879–1888 of the so-called "Rewarding Truce", lasting for 17 years from the end of the Ten Years' War in 1878, there were fundament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canoa, Cuba
Canoa or La Canoa is a small town in Villa Clara Province, Cuba, in the vicinity of the Sagua la Chica River. Nearby towns include Vega Alta, La Levisa, Chicharón, Paso Real, Santa Ana, La Doncella, and La Catalina. “Canoa” translates to “Canoe” in Spanish and shares the name with Arroyo La Canoa, a stream north of Canoa. History The Cuban War of Independence brought great concerns in Camajuaní which is in the border of Canoa. On October 30, 1895. Leoncio Vidal, a Cuban revolutionary with his troops attacked Fort La Vigía in Hills of Santa Fe nearby the Camajuaní, Santa Clara border and he put orders to attack the Canoa Bridge on the Sagua la Chica River and the Tuinicu bridge. In 1933 Cuban revolutionary Juan Francisco Aro Fernandez was born in Canoa, Cuba. Transportation Canoa is on a railine starting in Santa Clara, going to Crucero Margot, to Luis Arcos Bergnes, Vega Alta, Canoa, Tuinicu, Constancia, Encrucijada, Mata, El Vaquerito, Aguada la Pied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Luz, Cuba
La Luz is a small town of 733 people in the ward of Luis Arcos Bergnes, Camajuaní, Villa Clara, Cuba. Its neighboring towns are El Cubano (also known as La Flora), Carmita, Vega Alta, San Juan, Guerrero, and Canoa. Its estimated sea level is 7 meters above sea level Education In La Luz there is one school, with it being * Delfín Sen Cedré Primary Economy According at the DMPF ( or Management Control Department Municipal Physical Planning in English) of Camajuani, La Luz is a settlement not linked to any source of an economic or job development but still are maintained. Welcome to UBPC Maximo Gomez Baez in La Luz.jpg, UBPC Máximo Gómez Báez CCS Antonio Maceo en Camajuaní.jpg, CCS Antonio Maceo La Luz has a mostly agricultural economy, which it having a garlic plantation, UBPC “Máximo Gómez”, CCS “Antonio Maceo”, and other farms and plantations nearby. Sports In the town there is one sports club, with it being the Peña CCS Orestes Acosta. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taguayabón
Taguayabón is a Cuban village and ''consejo popular'' (ward) of the municipality of Camajuaní, in Villa Clara Province. In 2012 it had a population of 2053. History The village, whose name means "butterfly village" in Taíno language, has an unknown foundation date, being made before the Spanish discovered the town. Until 1976, it was a barrio of the former municipality of San Antonio de las Vueltas (or Vueltas), merged in Camajuaní.San Antonio de las Vueltas municipality (including Taguayabón) on guije.com Geography Located on a rural plain surrounded by scattered hills, between (7.7 km west) and[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aguada De Moya, Cuba
Aguada de Moya is a small town and ward in Camajuaní, Villa Clara, Cuba. The ward borders the municipality of Caibarién, and the wards of San Antonio de las Vueltas, Vega Alta, and Batalla de Santa Clara. History Barrio Aguada de Moya used to be a barrio of San Antonio de las Vueltas Municipality until 1976. Places in the Barrio Aguada de Moya’s Barrio includes the town of Guajén (at the time a farm). It also included the farms of Finca Ojo de Agua (Ojo de Agua farm) and Finca Los Hermanos (Los Hermanos Farm). Geography The ward of Aguada de Moya includes the towns and hamlets of: * Aguada de Moya * El Purial * Chorrerón * Entronque Aguada de Moya * Ojo de Agua * Guajén (split with Vega Alta) * Mochita * Dolorita Education Schools in Aguada de Moya include: * Isidro Glez Primary (Chorrerón) * Celestino Pacheco Primary (El Purial) Economy According to the DMPF ( or Management Control Department Municipal Physical Planning in English) of Camajua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Estrella (Villa Clara)
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Camajuaní II
Camajuaní II is a ''consejo popular'' ('ward') in Camajuaní, Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the .... Combined with Camajuaní I they have a population of 21,700. Geography Camajuaní II borders Sabana, Luis Arcos Bergnes, La Quinta, Vega de Palma, and Camajuaní 1. Towns in Camajuani II include the western side of the main town of Camajuani, the southern side of El Bosque, Tarafa, Crucero Tarafa, Matilde, Monte de la Coja, and Blanquizal. Barrios (neighborhoods) of Camajuaní II include Pueblo Nuevo, Centro 2, Centro 3, Terminal, and Mondongo. References Populated places in Villa Clara Province 1988 establishments in North America Populated places established in 1988 1988 establishments in Cuba Camajuaní Wards of Cuba {{Cuba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. It is the most populated village in the municipality after Camajuaní. History Until the 1976 reform it was a municipality and contained the ''barrios'' of Aguada de Moya, Bosque, Cabecera (San Antonio de las Vueltas proper), Charco Hondo, Piedra, Quinta, Sagua la Chica, Taguayabón, Vega Alta and Vega de Palma. Geography Hills such as Mogote Colorada and Palenque dot the landscape and the Sagua la Chica River and Manacas River flow through the municipality. The Ward of Vueltas includes the towns (circunscripción) of Vueltas, Vega de Palma, La Guinea, Júcaro, and more. Transport Vueltas is crossed in the middle by the state highway "Circuito Norte" (CN), and has a railway station (Vueltas-Vega de Palma), in the nearby village of Vega de Palma, on the line San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mapa De Vueltas En 1909
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Vega Alta, Cuba
Vega Alta is a ward (consejo popular) and an urban settlement in Camajuaní, Villa Clara Province, Villa Clara, Cuba. It is in the vicinity of the Sagua la Chica River, and borders the wards of Constancia (Encrucijada), Constancia, Aguada de Moya, Luis Arcos Bergnes, Cuba, Carmita, and Batalla de Santa Clara. ”Vega Alta” translates to “high valley” in English, referring to the tobacco valleys in the region. Geography Ward of Vega Alta Vega_Alta_Popular_Council_Map.png, Map of the Ward of Vega Alta Bienvenidos a Consejo Popular Vega Alta.jpg, Sign welcoming you to the ward The Vega Alta's ward is a local body of Vega Alta and towns nearby. Legally recognized settlements in the ward include: * Vega Alta (largest village) * Benito Ramírez (settlement), Benito Ramírez * Guerrero, Cuba, Guerrero * Guajén, Cuba, Guajén (split with Aguada de Moya) * Puente Pavón Other smaller settlements in the ward include: *Rincón (Camajuaní), El Rincón *La Levisa (La Lebis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Bruno Zayas
Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso (June 8th, 1867 - July 30th, 1896) was a Cuban military leader and doctor of the Cuban War of Independence. Biography Early years and medical career Zayas was born on June 8, 1867, in Havana. His father, Dr. José María de Zayas y Jiménez, was a lawyer and was a professor, deputy director and even director of the prestigious El Salvador school after the death of José de la Luz y Caballero, whose position he would hold until its closure in 1869. His mother came from the Canary Islands. He was the brother of Dr. Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso and Dr. Francisco de Zayas, who was the Ambassador of Cuba in Paris and Brussels. His bachelor's degree was issued to him in 1886 and he managed to enroll in the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Havana in the 1885–86 academic year. But during his medical studies his father died and he was very emotionally affected and one of his uncles, Francisco Javier, who was a doctor and university professor, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
