Map of Villa Clara
Villa Clara is a first-level division of Cuba. Its largest mapped city is Santa Clara, with about 250,512 people in the metropolitan area. The interactive map below is centred on Villa Clara, and the tables list its 4 mapped cities along with the ports, World Heritage Sites nearest to them.
- Cities Mapped
- 4
- Largest City
- Santa Clara
- Country
- Cuba
Interactive Map of Villa Clara
About Villa Clara
Villa Clara is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is located in the central region of the island bordering on the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Matanzas Province to the west, Sancti Spiritus Province to the east, and Cienfuegos Province to the South. Villa Clara shares with Cienfuegos and Sancti Spiritus on the south the Escambray Mountain Range. Its main cities are Santa Clara (the capital), Remedios, Sagua La Grande, Camajuani, Caibarién, Ranchuelo, Placetas, and Manicaragua.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia: Villa Clara Province (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Villa Clara in Depth
History
Prior to 1976, the current provinces of Cienfuegos, Sancti Spíritus, and Villa Clara were all part of the now obsolete province of Las Villas, but Villa Clara is still referred some times just as "Las Villas" using the shorter old name. Santa Clara was the capital of historical Las Villas and still capital of Villa Clara province. That old name itself, Spanish for "The Cities", refers to the four original 16th and 17th-century cities founded in this vast territory: San Juan de los Remedios, Sancti Spíritus, Santísima Trinidad and Gloriosa Santa Clara.
Geography
The northern coast of Villa Clara is dotted with numerous cays (part of the Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago), and there are many coral reefs, sandy beaches, and newly constructed touristic resorts.
The Cays are a capricious cluster of some 500 islands, strewn along a sea of varying shades of blues and greens off the northern coast of the central province of Villa Clara and close to the second largest coral barrier reef in the world. It is a tropical paradise with more than 17 km of fine-white sand beaches.
The Villa Clara Cays cover more than 77,844 hectares and support approximately 248 plant species. Major cays in the area include Cayo Las Brujas, Cayo Ensenachos and Cayo Santa Maria.
Economy
Sugar, the commodity that the Cuban economy once relied upon, was primarily based in the plains in the north of the province, and several large mills provided employment to many people. Now in the newly restructured Cuban economy, most of these mills have been abandoned and the economy is instead focused on newly built beach resorts in the north cays. Sugar and tobacco are still the two most important agricultural commodities of the province.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Villa Clara Province (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Villa Clara: Key Facts
| Population | 803,562 (2010) |
|---|---|
| Area | 8,413 km² |
| Capital | Santa Clara |
Facts from Wikidata Q115434 (CC0).
History of Villa Clara: Empires and States
The atlas records 5 polities whose mapped territory included part of Villa Clara, from The Spanish Empire in 1516 CE to 2024 CE. They are listed in the order they first appear.
| Polity | Period here |
|---|---|
| The Spanish Empire | 1516–1899 CE |
| Kingdom of Spain | 1519–1899 CE |
| United States of America | 1900–1910 CE |
| Republic of Cuba | 1905–1959 CE |
| Communist Cuba | 1960–2024 CE |
Historical Maps of Villa Clara
Villa Clara on the world map in each year one of these states held it:
Derived by testing mapped cities against dated territorial polygons. Dates are when the polygons cover this place, not the polity's whole lifespan, and polities absent from the source dataset are not listed.
Largest Cities in Villa Clara
4 cities mapped. Ranked by metropolitan population. A port city's harbour is written up on the page of its sea.
| # | Name | Population | Region | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Clara | 250,512 | Villa Clara | Admin-1 capital |
| 2 | Sagua la Grande | 62,073 | Villa Clara | Populated place |
| 3 | Placetas | 55,408 | Villa Clara | Populated place |
| 4 | Caibarién | 39,140 | Villa Clara | Populated place |
Ports in Villa Clara
6 ports mapped. Ranked by approach channel depth, the figure that limits which ships can call. Harbours link to their write-up on the page of the sea or coast they lie on. Assigned by the nearest mapped city, so features near the boundary may belong to a neighbouring division.
| # | Name | Channel Depth | Class | Sea | Max Vessel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardenas | 49.4 m | Small | Caribbean Sea | large vessels |
| 2 | Isabela de Sagua | 45.7 m | Small | Caribbean Sea | large vessels |
| 3 | Tunas de Zaza | 45.7 m | Very Small | Caribbean Sea | medium vessels |
| 4 | Casilda | 45.7 m | Minor | Caribbean Sea | large vessels |
| 5 | Jucaro | 42.1 m | Very Small | Caribbean Sea | large vessels |
| 6 | Cienfuegos | 34.7 m | Major | Caribbean Sea | large vessels |
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Villa Clara
3 World Heritage Sites mapped. Listed by year of inscription, earliest first. Sites shared with another country appear under each. Assigned by the nearest mapped city, so features near the boundary may belong to a neighbouring division.
| # | Name | Inscribed | Type | Criteria |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios | 1988 | Cultural | (iv) (v) |
| 2 | Historic Centre of Cienfuegos | 2005 | Cultural | (ii) (iv) |
| 3 | Historic Centre of Camagüey | 2008 | Cultural | (iv) (v) |
Villa Clara: Quick Answers
- Where is Villa Clara?
- Villa Clara is a first-level division of Cuba, in North America. Its mapped cities centre on 22.5102° N, 79.7914° W.
- What is the largest city in Villa Clara?
- Santa Clara is the largest city mapped in Villa Clara, with a metropolitan population of about 250,512.
- How many cities are in Villa Clara?
- YearMaps maps 4 cities and towns in Villa Clara, with a combined metropolitan population of about 407,133. This counts mapped settlements, not every municipality.