Tunicú | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | Cuba#Villa Clara Province#Cuba Encrucijada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Cuba |
Coordinates: | 22.5806°N -79.8489°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Cuba |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Villa Clara |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Encrucijada |
Subdivision Type3: | Ward |
Subdivision Name3: | Constancia |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2013 |
Population Total: | 112 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Tuinicú, also known as Tunicú is a small hamlet in Encrucijada, Cuba
Tunicú has the same name as the Tunicú River, north of the town, with it having a bridge over it going to Abel Santamaría.
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]
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]