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SANTA CLARA (or VILLA-CLARA)

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 185 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SANTA
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CLARA (or
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VILLA-CLARA)  , the
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capital of
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Santa
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Clara
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province,
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Cuba, about 185 m . (by
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rail) E.S.E. of
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Havana . Pop . (1907) 16,702 . It is situated near the centre of the
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island, on a
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plateau, between two small streams, and is served by the
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United
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Railways of Havana and by the Cuba and the Cuba Central railways, the last connecting the
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east and
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west lines with the
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north and
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south coasts . The streets are straight and wide, and there are many
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fine buildings . The
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oldest
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church is of the last third of the 18th
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century . The
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city is surrounded by fertile plains, which are cultivated in
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cane or devoted to grazing . Santa Clara was founded in 1689 by a
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band of schismatics from
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Remedios .

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