Rincón also known as El Rincón, Finca Rincón, and Finca el Rincón
is a settlement of the (CCS) Raul Torres Acosta. in
Camajuaní
Camajuaní is a municipality and town in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba.
History
In 1819 was decided the construction of a new port in near Caibarién to replace an old one located in Tesisco. From that moment, settlers established in the sur ...
,
Villa Clara,
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
. Nearby towns are
La Lebisa,
Guajén,
Vega Alta,
Canoa,
CPA Benito Ramírez,
La Luz
La Luz is a census-designated place (CDP) in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,615 at the 2000 census. It is located immediately north of Alamogordo and lies in the eastern edge of the Tularosa Basin and on the ...
,
Guerrero
Guerrero, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guerrero, is one of the 32 states that compose the administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Guerrero, 85 municipalities. The stat ...
, and
El Perico.
The Saint Lazarus sanctuary is located in Rincón where many Cubans make an annual pilgrimage on December 17 to mark the feast day of San Lázaro.
Geography
The road that Rincón is on is called , or in English Vega Alta - El Rincón Road, which is 6 km.
Rincón includes the CCS of CCS Raúl Torres Acosta and CCS Juan Francisco Aro.
The ''
Urocoptis villarensis'' can be found in Rincon.
History
El Rincón used to be a part of the
former barrio of Vega Alta, in the former
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
of
Vueltas.
In 2018, several settlements in Villa Clara were flooded, in Camajuaní these settlements included Rincón,
Guajén,
Sagua la Chica
Sagua la Chica also known as Sagua is a rural settlement in Camajuani, Cuba. It is located in the ward of Batalla de Santa Clara, in the north of Camajuaní, with the town having a population of 1,447 people. Sagua la Chica has the same name as ...
,
Macagual,
Guerrero
Guerrero, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guerrero, is one of the 32 states that compose the administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Guerrero, 85 municipalities. The stat ...
,
Floridano,
Vega Alta, and
Vega de Palma.
In culture
Rincón is Recounted in:
* BOHEMIA Edición De La LIBERTAD, book written around 1959
See also
*
Luis Arcos Bergnes, Cuba
Luis Arcos Bergnes also known as Carmita is a small town and a ward (Consejo popular (Cuba), consejo popular) in Camajuani, Villa Clara Province, Villa Clara, Cuba. With a population of 2,279 it is considered a village.
Nearby towns of Carmita are ...
*
La Quinta, Cuba
La Quinta, also known as Quinta, Quinto, and Poblado la Quinta is a small town and ward (Consejo popular (Cuba), consejo popular) home of 1,026 in Camajuani, Villa Clara Province, Villa Clara, Cuba. Nearby towns are Romano, Cuba, Romano, La Mano, ...
*
Aguada de Moya, Cuba
References
Populated places in Villa Clara Province
Camajuaní
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