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5 unusual facts about Villa Clara Province


Eliecer Montes de Oca

Eliecer Montes de Oca Fleitas (born March 28, 1971, in Villa Clara, Cuba) is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold medalist.

Lázaro Bruzón

In 2004 he finished first at the XII Torneo "Guillermo Garcia" in Memoriam in Villa Clara.

Luis Borroto

Luis Borroto Jiménez (born August 4, 1982 in Sagua la Grande, Villa Clara Province, Cuba) is a Cuban baseball player.

Rolando Arrojo

A 1994 Cuban baseball card gives his birthplace as San Juan de los Yeras, Villa Clara, May 29, 1964.

Tropidophis morenoi

Zebra dwarf boa, Tropidophis morenoi, is a newly described species of dwarf boa endemic to the Villa Clara Province, north-central Cuba.


Pepin Garcia

Christened José García, Pepin was born into a large family of tobacco growers/cigar makers in Báez, a town in Villa Clara province, Cuba.


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