El Rey del Mundo is the name of two
cigar brands, one produced in
Cuba
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for
Habanos SA
Habanos S.A. is a Cuban manufacturing company of tobacco that controls the promotion, distribution, and export of premium cigars and other tobacco products for Cuba worldwide. It was established in 1994.
Ownership of Habanos S.A. is split equa ...
, the Cuban state-owned tobacco company, and other produced in
Honduras by the
Villazon family.
History
El Rey del Mundo (''King of the World'' in
Spanish
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) is believed to have been created, along with
Sancho Panza
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, by
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businessman Emilio Ohmstedt in 1848
Spanish
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* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
businessman Antonio Allones took over the brand sometime around 1882. In 1905, Allones' company was purchased by Díaz Hermanos y Cía, owned by Cándido Vega Díaz. Production moved to a factory at 852 Calle Belascoain in Havana.
The brand remained popular throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
References
* Nee, Min Ron - ''An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Post-Revolution Havana Cigars'' (2003, Reprinted: 2005),
External links
Official website of Habanos S.A.
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Habanos S.A. brands