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.
In the Ten Years' War on November 4, 1895, Leoncio Vidal ordered for a surrender of the El Bosque fort.[1]
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]
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]
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]
El Bosque has one school being "Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda" Primary school.