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Santa Clara (Cuba), 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. Population (2000 estimate) 210,100.



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