VILLA CLARA PROVINCE

'Villa Clara' is one of the provinces of Cuba. It's located in the central region of the island bordering with the Atlantic at north, Matanzas Province by west, Sancti Spiritus by east, and Cienfuegos on the South. Villa Clara shares with Cienfuegos and Sancti Spiritus on the south the Escambray Mountain Range. Its main cities are Santa Clara (the capital), Sagua La Grande, Placetas, Camajuani, Remedios and Caibarién.
The coast of Villa Clara is dotted with numerous cays, and there are many coral reefs, sandy beaches, and newly constructed touristic resorts.
Around Santa Clara, the land rises into the Alturas de Santa Clara. The highest point in the province is in the Alturas, at 464 m above sea level. Villa Clara also has numerous lakes, which are used for both water sports and fishing. The largest Cuban river to drain into the Atlantic, Río Sagua la Grande, is also in Villa Clara province.
Sugar, the commodity that Cuban economy used to rely upon was basically based on the plains in the north of this province, and several large mills provided employment to many people. Now in a new structure of Cuban economy most of this mills have been abandoned and the zone is concentrating in newly built beach resort in the north cays. Sugar and Tobacco are still the second most important agricultural activity of the province.
The provinces of Cienfuegos, Sancti Spíritus, and Villa Clara were once all part of the now defunct province of Las Villas, but Villa Clara is still referred some times just as "Las Villas" using the shorter old name. Santa Clara was the capital of Las Villas.

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Famous People of Villa Clara

Municipalities

External Links

Famous People of Villa Clara

★ Joe Carollo - former mayor of Miami, USA

★ Richard Egues - Musician

★ Francisco Gatorno - actor

★ Rubén González - pianist

★ Livan Hernandez - baseball player

★ Orlando Hernandez - baseball player

★ Wilfredo Lam - painter

★ Benny "Kid" Paret - boxer

★ Amelia Pelaez - painter

★ Zaida del Rio - painter

★ Aida ida Morales - painter

★ Maykel Galindo - soccer player

Municipalities

# Caibarién
# Camajuani
# Cifuentes
# Corralillo
# Encrucijada
# Manicaragua
# Placetas
# Quemado de Güines
# Ranchuelo
# Remedios
# Sagua La Grande
# Santa Clara
# Santo Domingo

External Links

★ Portal de Villa Clara (Spanish)