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Santa Clara is the capital city of the Cuban province of Villa Clara. It is located in the most central region of the province and almost in the most central region of the country. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1068x409, 21 KB) Summary Location of Santa Clara, Cuba Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Santa Clara, Cuba ... Villa Clara is one of the provinces of Cuba. ...

History

Further information: Battle of Santa Clara

Santa Clara was the site of the last battle in the Cuban Revolution in late 1958. There were two guerrilla columns that attacked the city, one led by Ernesto Che Guevara and the other led by Camilo Cienfuegos. Guevara's column first captured the garrison at Fomento. Then, using a bulldozer, Guevara's soldiers destroyed railroad tracks and derailed a train full of troops and supplies sent by Batista. At the same time, Cienfuegos's column defeated an army garrison at the Battle of Yaguajay not far from town. On December 31, 1958, the combined forces of Guevara and Cienfuegos (along with other revolutionaries under William Alexander Morgan) attacked Santa Clara. The battle was chaotic, the defenders were demoralized, some fought, others surrendered without a shot. By the afternoon, the city was captured. This victory for Castro's troops is seen as the decisive moment in the Cuban Revolution as Batista fled Cuba less than 12 hours later. The Battle of Santa Clara was a series of events in late December 1958 that led to the capture of Santa Clara, Cuba by revolutionaries under the command of Che Guevara. ... The Cuban Revolution refers to the revolutionary war in Cuba culminating in the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista’s government on January 1, 1959 by the 26th of July Movement and other revolutionary elements in the country. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (June 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara or el Che, was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary, political figure, and leader of Cuban and internationalist guerrillas. ... Cuban poster showing Camilo Cienfuegos Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán (February 6, 1932 - October 28, 1959) was a Cuban revolutionary born in Havana. ... General Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (pronounced ) (January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was the de facto military leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1940 and the de jure President of Cuba from 1940 to 1944. ... Combatants Cuban Revolutionaries Cuban Government, Batista Commanders Camilo Cienfuegos Captain Abon Ly Strength 450-500 ? 250 Casualties  ?  ? The Battle of Yaguajay, was a decisive victory for the Cuban Revolutionaries over the soldiers of the Batista government near the city of Santa Clara in Cuba during the Cuban Revolution. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... William Alexander Morgan was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 19, 1928 [1]. His life origens are obscure and his death legendary (Abella, 2000). ...

Prior to 1 January 1977, Santa Clara was located in Las Villas Province. On that date, as part of a general administrating reordering of Cuba's provinces, Las Villas province was reordered into the provinces of Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, and Sancti Spíritus. Santa Clara is in the province now known as Villa Clara. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Santa Clara (also called Las Villas after 1940) was a historical province of Cuba. ... Villa Clara is one of the provinces of Cuba. ... Statistics Capital: Cienfuegos Area: 4,178km² Inhabitants: 386,100 Population Density: 66. ... Sancti Spíritus is one of the provinces of Cuba. ...

Education

Santa Clara is home to the Universidad Central de las Villas (Central University of Las Villas), composed of a conglomerate of faculties:

• Electrical Engineering
• Agricultural Sciences
• Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Sciences
• Humanities
• Law
• Psychology
• Social Sciences
• Construction
• Managerial Sciences
• Mechanical Engineering
• Chemistry and Pharmacy
• Distance Education

Offering Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees and boasting the graduation of 35000 engineers, licensees, architects, medics, and veterinarians, of which 1000 have been foreigners from 47 countries. Additionally, it has formed more than 310 doctors and more than 1600 magisters. In addition it collaborates with institutions from Germany, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Spain, Peru, Mexico and Venezuela.

Monuments and parks

Che Guevara's Monument and Mausoleum

Santa Clara is home to a mausoleum which houses the remains of Che Guevara and sixteen of his fellow combatants killed in 1967 during the Bolivia campaign. He was laid to rest with full military honors on 17 October 1997 after his exhumed remains were returned to Cuba from Bolivia. At the site, there is a museum dedicated to Guevara's life. There is also a reconstruction of Guevara derailing the train during the Battle of Santa Clara. In 2004, 205,832 persons visited the mausoleum, including 127,597 foreigners, from countries such as Argentina, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Africa, the United States, and Venezuela. Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 652 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 652 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... St. ... October 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ...

In Santa Clara's center is a park (Parque Vidal) and it is laid on an entire square block. In the park there is a statue of Marta Abreu, a person much loved by the people of Santa Clara. Bordering the park is the Santa Clara Libre (formerly the Santa Clara Hilton), Teatro de La Caridad, the Plaza Central, former City Hall and the Colonial de Santa Clara center of dance, offers the most attractive and unique traditional customs of hinterland Cuba. Parque Vidal is the oldest park in Santa Clara, Cuba. ... The word Hilton or Hylton can be a place name or personal name. ... Teatro de La Caridad in Santa Clara is one of the remaining colonial buildings from the epoc of the Spanish control in Cuba. ... Plaza Central in Santa Clara, Cuba. ...

Parque Vidal, Santa Clara is probably one of the most traditional places in Cuba. During the afternoons, people (specially singles) visit the park to meet others. Although not widely practiced in recent times, the custom was to walk the park around and around. The women walk the inner part of the park, while the men walk the outer side. Another lost custom was for the locals to set up a platform and offer improvisations with their guitars on late Sunday afternoons. For that day they dressed with their Guayaberas and highly polished shoes. The guayabera is originally a mens shirt originating in Cuba in the early 1800s. ...

Personalities

• Rubén González - pianist

• Julio Maya- Dentist
• [www.todaysdentistry.net]

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Sister cities

• Santiago de Cali, Colombia - 1994.
• Oviedo, Spain - 1995.
• Bloomington, USA - 1999.

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