Fomento

Fomento is a town and municipality in the Sancti Spíritus Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1864.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Fomento
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.shield_size: 120x90px
Settlement.image_map: Fomento (Cuban municipal map).png
Settlement.map_caption: Fomento municipality (red) within Sancti Spíritus Province (yellow) and Cuba
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Cuba
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Sancti Spíritus
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1864
Settlement.established_title2: Established

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Fomento is a town and municipality in the Sancti Spíritus Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1864.

==Geography== The municipality is divided into the barrios of Fomento (municipal seat) and the village of Jíquimas. Until 1976 the villages of Juan Bravo and Güinía de Miranda were part of Fomento, when they passed in the new province of Villa Clara, as part of the municipality of Manicaragua.