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Santa Clara

 
Dictionary: San·ta Cla·ra   (săn'tə klăr'ə, klâr'ə) pronunciation

(also sän'tä klä') A city of central Cuba east-southeast of Havana. Founded in 1689, it is a processing center and rail junction. Population: 210,000.

 

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Hoover's Profile: Santa Clara Inc.
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Contact Information
Santa Clara Inc.
2589 Eric Ln.
Burlington, NC 27215-5588
NC Tel. 336-222-1300
Toll Free 800-547-6060
Fax 800-457-3299

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.santaclaracigars.com

Santa Clara is banking on its customers lighting up cigars for occasions not confined to celebrations of stork deliveries. The company manufactures and wholesales premium and domestic tobacco and cigars, as well as cigarette papers, cigar cases, cutters, lighters, and humidifying devices. It operates a warehouse in North Carolina. Licensed tobacco retailers can place orders through the company's e-commerce Web site or toll-free cigar hotline. Santa Clara is part of 800-JR Cigar, which is owned by Imperial Tobacco Group. It was founded in 1972.

Officers:
President and CEO: Lewis (Lew) Rothman
CFO: Cigarettes, Cigars, & Smokeless Tobacco Products

Competitors:
British American Tobacco
Philip Morris International
Schweitzer-Mauduit

 
Columbia Encyclopedia: Santa Clara
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Santa Clara (sän'tä klä'), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. It is a communications and commercial center located on major rail and highway junctions; it also has an airport. Cattle raising was the traditional industry until the 19th cent., when sugarcane became important. Tobacco processing and trading are carried on there. Santa Clara was founded in 1689. It was captured by guerrilla forces in late 1958 during Fidel Castro's revolution against Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar.


Wikipedia: Santa Clara (Metrorail station)
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Santa Clara
Metrorail metro station
Station statistics
Address 2050 NW 12 Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33127
Coordinates 25°47′45″N 80°12′55″W / 25.79583°N 80.21528°W / 25.79583; -80.21528Coordinates: 25°47′45″N 80°12′55″W / 25.79583°N 80.21528°W / 25.79583; -80.21528
Lines      Green Line
Platforms Side
Parking 17-story garage (61 first level spaces)
Other information
Opened December 17, 1984
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Code SCL
Owned by Miami-Dade County
Traffic
Passengers (2008) 226,000[1] 8%
Services
Preceding station   Miami Dade County.png Metrorail   Following station
toward Palmetto or Airport
Green Line

Santa Clara Station is a Metrorail station in the city of Miami, Florida.

This station is located near the intersection of Northwest 12th Avenue (State Road 933) and Northwest 20th Street. It opened to service December 17, 1984.

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Places of interest

Connecting Metrobus Routes

Route # Route Name Route Map Note
12 Northside StationMercy Hospital via 12 Ave Map
21 Bunche Park or Northside Station via 12 and 27 Aves. ↔ Downtown Miami Map Weekdays only
22 The Mall at 163rd Street Map
32 Carol CityOmni Station Map
M (113) NW 19 Avenue & 20 Street ↔ Mt. Sinai Hospital and Heart Institute Map

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