Placetas is a city in the Villa Clara Province in the center of Cuba; before the change in the country’s government in 1959 the province was called Las Villas. Close towns include Zulueta (to the north), San Juan de los Remedios (to the northeast), Cabaiguán and Fomento (to the east), and Santa Clara and Camajuani (to the west). The town is also known as La Villa de los Laureles because of its wild laurel trees. Placetas is also a municipio, one of 13 subdivisions of the Villa Clara Province. Cuba’s geographical center, Guaracabuya, is located in this municipality.
Placetas is also called, “Villa de los Laureles” due to the characteristic trees that are planted in strategic places around the town. The city is registered as the place where the river Zaza is born, the river runs from the outskirts of the town into the sea. The river Zaza is currently an environmental preservation area.

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