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Plasencia Cigars S.A.
Formerly known as Segovia Cigars, Plasencia Cigars S.A. is the family's Estelí-based operation. The factory is one of four owned by the renowned Plasencia family, now in their fifth generation of tobacco growers. In 2015, the Plasencias became the largest grower of premium tobacco in the world, cultivated from eight plantations throughout Central America. Plasencia Cigars S.A. is perhaps the family's most well-known factory, alongside the Tabacos de Oriente S.A. factory in Honduras.
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- Plasencia family began growing tobacco in 1865 in Cuba's Vuelta Abajo region
- Emigrated from Cuba to Mexico in 1963, following Cuban Revolution
- Began planting tobacco in Nicaragua in 1965
- Plasencia Cigars S.A. is one of four Plasencia-owned cigar factories
- Located in Estelí, Nicaragua
- Formerly known as Segovia Cigars
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