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Tuinicú (Encrucijada)
Tuinicú, also known as Tunicú is a small hamlet in Encrucijada, Cuba Geography Tunicú has the same name as the Tunicú River, north of the town, with it having a bridge over it going to Abel Santamaría. History In March 1896 during the Cuban War of Independence, general Jose Larcet Morlot went to Encrucijada, the Sagua la Chica River, Paso Real, and the Tuinicú River. To later enter Santa Clara, Vega Alta, and Calabazar de Sagua. In the Ten Years' War rebels in Cinco Villas District went though San Gil, Ayagan, and Tuinicú to then split up to get Encrucijada and Calabazar de Sagua. Transportation Tuinicú is on a rail line starting in Santa Clara, going to Crucero Margot, to Luis Arcos Bergnes, Vega Alta, Canoa Canoa is a town in the Canton of San Vicente in the Manabí Province of Ecuador. Canoa is located north of Bahía de Caraquez, Province of Manabí – Ecuador. Local stories and tales say that the natives of Canoa hid deep in the hills when t ..., T ... [...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] |
Luis Arcos Bergnes, Cuba
Luis Arcos Bergnes also known as Carmita is a small town and a ward (Consejo popular (Cuba), consejo popular) in Camajuani, Villa Clara Province, Villa Clara, Cuba. With a population of 2,279 it is considered a village. Nearby towns of Carmita are La Luz, Cuba, La Luz, Corona, Cuba, Corona, El Cubano, Cuba, El Cubano, Romano, Cuba, Romano, La Mano, Cuba, La Mano, and Vega Alta, Cuba, Vega Alta. Geography Mapa de Luis Arcos Bergnes.png, Map of the Ward of Luis Arcos Bergnes CP de Luis Arcos Bergnes.jpg, Sign stating the entrance of the Ward Wards of Cuba are a local body of a town and some towns nearby. Towns in Luis Arcos Bergnes’ ward include * La Luz, Cuba, La Luz * Fusté, Cuba, Fusté * Crucero Carmita ** Reparto Viejo ** Reparto Nuevo * El Charco (Camajuaní), El Charco * Pueblo Nuevo, Luis Arcos Bergnes, Pueblo Nuevo * Batey Viejo, Camajuaní, Batey Viejo * San Pedro (Camajuaní), San Pedro * San Lorenzo (Camajuaní), San Lorenzo * Corona (Camajuaní), Corona Economy Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinco Villas District
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Ten Years' War
The Ten Years' War (; 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. On 10 October 1868, sugar mill owner Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and his followers proclaimed independence, beginning the conflict. This was the first of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain, the other two being the Little War (Cuba), Little War (1879–1880) and the Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898). The final three months of the last conflict escalated with United States involvement, leading to the Spanish–American War. Background Slavery Cuban bourgeoisie demanded fundamental social and economic reforms from the Monarchy of Spain, Crown. Lax enforcement of the Slavery in colonial Spanish America, slave trade ban had resulted in a dramatic increase in imports of African diaspora, Africans, estimated at 90,000 slaves from 1856 to 1860. This occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 in 1865, it was part of the neighboring municipality of Sagua la Grande until the 1977 administrative reform. Geography Located on a rural plain in the middle of its province, Calabazar lies between Encrucijada (4.5 km southeast), El Purio (4 km northeast) and Mata (4.5&km southwest). It is 17 km from Cifuentes, 30 to Vueltas, 32 to Santa Clara, 37 to Sagua la Grande, 40 to Camajuaní, 50 to Remedios and 58 to Placetas and Caibarién. In the center of the town there is the Parque Marti (Park Marti), it includes a statue of José Martí and a quote by him. Transport The village is crossed in the middle by the "Circuito Norte" (CN) state highway, the 2nd longest one in the island. It counts a train station, Calabaza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Paso Real (Encrucijada)
Paso Real is a hamlet in Encrucijada, Cuba. History In March 1896 during the Cuban Revolution, general Jose Larcet Morlot went to Encrucijada, the Sagua la Chica River, Paso Real, and the Tunicú River. To later enter Santa Clara, Vega Alta, and Calabazar de Sagua. Paso Real used to be one of four barrios of Encrucijada, which increased to 8 in 1952. Later barrios where only for the main city of Encrucijada and Paso Real was made into the ward of Abel Santamaria, formerly known as Constancia. In 1941 Encrucijada's official borders where set as where the towns of Encrucijada, El Santo, and Paso Real. Economy The productive pole of Paso Real was made by the Plenary of the Municipal Committee of the Party in Encrucijada, which said the hamlet has food problems, market problems, problems about prices, and has bad uses of land. Amaury Fabelo González, first secretary of the Party thought of a change of Paso Real's food production because it was a big problem for people living in E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. The River sets the border of Camajuaní with Encrucijada and Camajuaní with Santa Clara Villages Towns and villages near the Sauga la Chica include: * Falcón * El Berro * Crucero Carmita * Luis Arcos Bergnes (or Carmita) * Vega Alta * Canoa (or La Canoa) * Rincón (or El Rincón) * El Perico (or Perico) * Pavón * Las Bocas * Vega Redonda * Arroyo Naranjo * Sagua la Chica (town) * El Santo See also *Sagua la Grande River *List of rivers of Cuba This is an incomplete list of rivers of Cuba, arranged from west to east, by coast, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. North Coast * Mantua River * * *Almendares River * * * * * Yumurí River * Cormir River * R ... References *The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000. Rivers of Cuba G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constancia (Encrucijada)
Abel Santamaria also known as Constancia and is a ward (consejo popular) and a town in Encrucijada, Villa Clara Province, Cuba. It’s the birthplace of Abel Santamaría, a Cuban revolutionary that fought for the 26th of July Movement and his sister Haydée Santamaría. Geography Towns in Abel Santamaría’s ward are: * Canoa * Tuinicú * Paso Real * Raizúa * Castaño * Las Mercedes * Progreso * Cayo Hueso * Guadalupe * Congojas Abel Santamaria is south of La Sierra and El Purio. It is north of Santa Clara Municipality. To the east is 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. The River sets the border of Camajuaní with Encruc ... and its west is Encrucijada Sur. Education Schools in Constancia include: * Boris Luis Santa Coloma Primary School * CI Sueños de Abel * Mariana Grajales Rura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Cuba
Administrative division, Administratively, Cuba is divided into 15 provinces and one special municipality (the Isla de la Juventud). The current structure has been in place since August 2010, when the La Habana Province (1976–2010), then-La Habana Province was divided into Artemisa Province and Mayabeque Province. List of provinces From west to east, Cuba's provinces are: # Pinar del Río Province, Pinar del Río # Artemisa Province, Artemisa # La Habana Province, La Habana # Mayabeque Province, Mayabeque # Matanzas Province, Matanzas # Cienfuegos Province, Cienfuegos # Villa Clara Province, Villa Clara # Sancti Spíritus Province, Sancti Spíritus # Ciego de Ávila Province, Ciego de Ávila # Camagüey Province, Camagüey # Las Tunas Province, Las Tunas # Granma Province, Granma # Holguín Province, Holguín # Santiago de Cuba Province, Santiago de Cuba # Guantánamo Province, Guantánamo # Isla de la Juventud ("special municipality") History 1879–1976 The province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
