Place details
Place nameSanta Clara
CountryCuba
Latitude22.417
Longitude79.967
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Mistaken by Columbus as land of Mongol emperor Kubla Kahn when he landed in 1492; captured by Castro in 1958 during revolution against Batista; became tobacco, sugar & steel processing center during 20th cen.; University of Las Villas founded in 1948.