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Place details
- Locality
- Placetas
- Region
- Villa Clara Province
- Country
- Cuba
- Population
- 55,408
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Placetas
- Settlement.nickname
- La Villa de los Laureles (Laurel City)
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Placetas.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- OPJM pioneers in town center
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat_of_Arms_of_Placetas.jpg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x90px
- Settlement.image_map
- Placetas (Cuban municipal map).png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Placetas municipality (red) within Villa Clara Province (yellow) and Cuba
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Cuba
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Villa Clara
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1861
- Settlement.established_title2
- Incorporated
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1881 (town)
- Settlement.established_title3
-
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Cuba
- Demonym
- Placeteño
- Country
- Cuba
- Located in
- Villa Clara Province
- Population
- 71208
- Area
- 691
- Elevation
- 205
- Official website
- www.cenit.cult.cu/sites/placetas
- Image
- Placetas.jpg
- Dialing code
- 53-428
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- Commons category
- Placetas
- inception
- 1861-09-09
- P12749
- Jura
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Article · Español
Placetas es una ciudad y municipio de Cuba ubicado en la zona central de la isla, perteneciente a la Provincia de Villa Clara. Es conocida como "La Villa de los Laureles" por sus laureles silvestres. Su casco urbano es atravesado por Carretera Central que pasa a un costado del parque central "Rafael Casallas Monteagudo", razón por la cual sirve de parada a los viajeros hacia la costa norte de la provincia.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
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