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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Geography

Tunicú has the same name as the Tunicú River, north of the town, with it having a bridge over it going to

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History

In March 1896 during the

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 Litt ...

, 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. The River sets the border of Camajuaní with Encruc ...

, Paso Real, and the Tuinicú 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 Founde ...

. In the

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 mil ...

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,

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, Tuinicu, Constancia, Encrucijada, Mata, El Vaquerito, Aguada la Piedra, Cifuentes, San Diego del Valle, Conyedo, and finally back to Santa Clara.

References

{{Reflist Populated places in Villa Clara Province