Vuelta Abajo (literally: The lower roundtrip) is a district in the Pinar del Río Province

Pinar del Río Province

Pinar del Río is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is at the western end of the island of Cuba.-Geography:The Pinar del Río province is Cuba's westernmost province and contains one of Cuba's three main mountain ranges, the Cordillera de Guaniguanico, divided into the easterly Sierra del Rosario and...

 of Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

. It lies in the extreme western part of the island, bordered on the north by the Órganos Mountains. A great deal of tobacco

Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...

 is grown in the district, and "Vuelta Abajo" can also refer to the high quality type of cigar tobacco from Pinar del Rio in general. The tobacco industry in this district dates from around 1830. The district itself is 90 miles (144.8 km) long and 10 miles (16.1 km) wide.
The tobacco grown in Vuelta Abajo is considered by many tobacco enthusiasts to be the best tobacco in the world. A rudimentary map and some additional information can be found here at Habanos S.A. webpage Tobacco Regions The Semi-Vuelta, Partido, Remedios and Oriente areas are the other main centres of production in Cuba.