Bosque, Cuba Explained

Bosque
Settlement Type:Hamlet
Pushpin Map:Cuba#Villa Clara Province#Cuba Camajuaní
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Cuba
Coordinates:22.4867°N -79.7414°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Cuba
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Villa Clara
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Camajuani
Subdivision Type3:Wards (consejos populares)
Subdivision Name3:Camajuani II, La Quinta
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Official Name:El Bosque
Other Name:Potrero El Bosque

Bosque, also known as El Bosque, is a small hamlet in Camajuani, Cuba. It is located in the wards (consejos populares) of La Quinta and Camajuani II.

History

In the Ten Years' War on November 4, 1895, Leoncio Vidal ordered for a surrender of the El Bosque fort.[1]

Barrio of Bosque

El Bosque formerly was a barrio and a part of San Antonio de las Vueltas,[2] and was known as Potrero El Bosque.

On June 23, 1899, the Province of Santa Clara appointed 2 sworn guards to guard El Bosque, and many more settlements in the province. [3]

Places in the barrio

The settlement of Corona, formerly Finca Corona or Corona Farm, was a part of the barrio of Bosque around 1951,[4] in around 1953 Corona was a part of the barrio of Vega Alta.[5] The Finca Astucia was also located in the barrio.[6]

Economy

According at the DMPF (Spanish; Castilian: Departamento de control de la Dirección Municipal de Planificación Física or Management Control Department Municipal Physical Planning in English) of Camajuani, El Bosque is a settlement not linked to any source of an economic or job development.[7]

In the hamlet there is an egg hatchery, called UEB "El Bosque"[8] , owned by Lenier Juanrecio Torres.[9]

Education

El Bosque has one school being "Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda" Primary school.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nacional . Equipo de Producción . Portal del Ciudadano en Camajuaní - Un poco de historia . 2022-11-21 . Portal del Ciudadano en Camajuaní . es-es.
  2. Web site: San Antonio de las Vueltas . 2022-11-21 . www.guije.com.
  3. Book: United States. War Dept . Annual reports ... . 1861 . Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office . University of Michigan . 131.
  4. Book: Boletín oficial de la propiedad industrial . April 1951 . Carasa y Cía. . es.
  5. Book: Aires, Club Universitario de Buenos . Gaceta Oficial . 1953-05-09 . es.
  6. Book: Agrotecnia de Cuba . 1963 . Centro de Informacion y Documentacion Agropecuarias, Instituto Nacional de Reforma Agraria . es.
  7. Web site: Barroso . Joel Jiménez . Figueroa Vidal . Dr. Arq. Carlos. R. . Diagnóstico estratégico de la situación habitacional del municipio de Camajuaní . 68.
  8. Web site: Way: UEB "El Bosque" (1015315566) . 2023-04-27 . OpenStreetMap . en.
  9. Web site: Nacional . Equipo de Producción . Portal del Ciudadano en Camajuaní - Agricultura . 2022-12-31 . Portal del Ciudadano en Camajuaní . es-es.