Villa Clara is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its main cities are Santa Clara (the capital), Placetas, Camajuani, Remedios and Caibarién.
The coast of Villa Clara is dotted with numerous cays, and there are many coralreefs and sandybeaches, too.
Around Santa Clara, the land rises into the Alturas de Sanata Clara. The highest point in the province is in the Alturas, at 464m above sea level. Villa Clara also has numerous lakes, which are used for both water sports and fishing. The largest Cuban river to drain into the Atlantic, Río Sagua la Grande, is also in Villa Clara province.
Sugar, the commodity that the Cuban economy relies upon, is grown in the plains in the north of the province, and several large mills provide employment to many people.
Its capital is the city of Santa Clara, considered an important junction through which passes the central highway, the national highway and the central railway line.
Santa Clara, the capital of the province, which is around 62 miles (255 km) east of Havana.
It, too, is in VillaClaraProvince-as is Lake Hanabanilla (the only mountain lake in the archipelago), up in the Escambray Mountains, which has a hotel and ideal conditions for fishing for such freshwater fish as Largemouth Bass (tag and release).
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