Tuinicú (Encrucijada)

Tuinicú, also known as Tunicú is a small hamlet in Encrucijada, Cuba

Tunicú
Hamlet
Tuinicú (red) in Abel Santamaria (orange) in Encrucijada
Tuinicú (red) in Abel Santamaria (orange) in Encrucijada
Tunicú is located in Cuba
Tunicú
Tunicú
Location in Cuba
Tunicú is located in Villa Clara Province
Tunicú
Tunicú
Tunicú (Villa Clara Province)
Tunicú is located in Encrucijada
Tunicú
Tunicú
Tunicú (Encrucijada)
Coordinates: 22°34′50″N 79°50′56″W
CountryCuba
ProvinceVilla Clara
MunicipalityEncrucijada
WardConstancia
Population
 (2013)[1]
 • Total112

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, Paso Real, and the Tuinicú River. To later enter Santa Clara, Vega Alta, and Calabazar de Sagua. [2]

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. [3]

Transportation

Tuinicú 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. [4][5]

References
  1. Lisbet Morales Martínez, Lisbet; Dr. Leonid, E. Hernández Sánchez; Pereira Leonard, Yainalis (2013). "LA INFLUENCIA DE LA INDUSTRIA AZUCARERA EN LAS CARACTERÍSTICAS SOCIOCULTURALES DE LA COMUNIDAD DE ENCRUCIJADA" (PDF). Santa Clara, Cuba: dspace (Institutional Repository of the Central University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas). p. 46.
  2. Boza, Bernabé (1900). Mi diario de la guerra: desde Baire hasta la intervención americana (in Spanish). Impr. "La Propagandista,".
  3. Sagrera, Eleuterio Llofriu y (1870). Historia de la insurrección y guerra de la isla de Cuba: Escrita en presencia de datos auténticos, descripciones de batallas, proporcionadas por testigos oculares documentos oficiales, cuantas noticias pueden facilitar el exacto conocimiento de los hechos (in Spanish). la Galeria literaria.
  4. lezumbalaberenjena (2017-11-09), Composed road map from a tour guide (1980's), retrieved 2023-04-12
  5. "Road guides of Cuba" (PDF). 2019.
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