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Santa Clara (Province of Cuba)

a province of Cuba, in the central part of the island, with an area of 8,266 square miles. It is partly mountainous and partly plateau, much devoted to culture of sugar cane and tobacco. The province is traversed by a railroad connecting it directly with Havana. The capital, a town of the same name, is 185 miles east-southeast of Havana. The population of the province is (1919) 657,697.