Bosque, Cuba
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Bosque
Potrero El Bosque | |
|---|---|
Hamlet | |
| El Bosque | |
.svg)  Bosque Location in Cuba  Bosque Bosque (Villa Clara Province)  Bosque Bosque (Camajuaní) | |
| Coordinates: 22°29′12″N 79°44′29″W / 22.48667°N 79.74139°W | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Province | Villa Clara |
| Municipality | Camajuani |
| Wards (consejos populares) | Camajuani II, La Quinta |
| Population | |
• Total | 108[1] |
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.
Barrio of Bosque
In the Ten Years' War on November 4, 1895, Leoncio Vidal ordered for a surrender of the El Bosque fort.[2]
El Bosque formerly was a barrio and a part of San Antonio de las Vueltas,[3] and was known as Potrero El Bosque. [4]
On June 23, 1899, the Province of Santa Clara appointed 2 sworn guards to guard El Bosque, and many more settlements in the province. [4]
Places in the barrio
The settlement of Corona, formerly Finca Corona or Corona Farm, was a part of the barrio of Bosque around 1951,[5] in around 1953 Corona was a part of the barrio of Vega Alta.[6] The Finca Astucia was also located in the barrio.[7]
