Santa
Clara, city, central Cuba, capital of Santa Clara Province.
It is an important
commercial center for minerals, sugarcane,
and livestock from the surrounding region. Industries include
sugar refineries, tanneries, and cigar factories. A university
is here. The city, founded in 1689, is the site of Cubanacán,
the ancient Native American village that Christopher Columbus
believed to be a palace of the Mongol chief Kublai Khan. Hostels in Santa Clara |