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Located in the north plain of Villa Clara province, Sagua la Grande  municipality has 661.8 square kilometers. It is a wide strip of flat land  between la Sierra de Jumagua and the sea. The municipality has a great forest wealth, extense  sugar cane plantations, as well as a prestigious tobacco manufacture, foundries and factories of chemical products.The historical center of Sagua la Grande was declared National Monument  on December 6, 2011.

It was the fifth town created by the Spaniards in the initial stage of the 16th century when they carried out the colonization of the Cuban territory. It was founded in 1514 by the Adelantado Diego Velázquez on the banks of the Tuinucú River, in the so-called town of Pueblo Viejo, about eight kilometers from its present location.  In 1522 it was moved to the banks of the Yayabo River. Sanctí Spíritus is located in the central part of Cuba about 350 kilometers east of Havana. It is the main city of the municipality and the province identified by the same name.