CUBA
Flag:
Capital:
Area:
President:
Government:
Name:
Republic of Cuba
Havana
Socialist State, popular democracy
42,836 square miles
Raúl Castro
International
boudaries:
To the north: The United States
and the Bahamas; to the west:
México; to the south: Cayman
Islands and Jamaica, and to the
southeast: the Española Island
11. 5 million inhabitants
Language:
Gentilic:
Spanish
Cubano
Currency:
Cuban Peso
Major Cities:
Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Holguín,
Camagüey, Cienfuegos, Matan-
zas, Pinar del Río, Ciego de Ávila,
Bayamo and Guantánamo
Catholic and Santería
Religion:
National Day:
Embassies, consulates and missions abroad:
Foreign missions accredited in Cuba:
99
Telephone Code:
Nominal GNP:
Climate:
Per Capita GNP:
Main export markets:
+53
Domain Internet Service:
.cu
Web link:
149
Venezuela, China, Spain
and Canada
Population:
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Cuba is located in the westernmost part of the basin of the Caribbean Sea at
the entrance of the Gulf of Mexico. The Cuban archipelago is made up of more
than four thousand cays and small islands.
The island of Cuba, the largest in the Caribbean and considered among the
biggest in the world,is also known as The Key to the Gulf.
The country comprises 14 provinces and the special municipality Isla de
la Juventud (Youth´s Island). The economic, political and administrative
activities are organized in 169 municipalities, including the capitals of the
provinces that are the most important cities: Santiago de Cuba, Holguin,
Guantanamo, Bayamo, Las Tunas, Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Sancti Spiri-
tus, Santa Clara, Cienfuegos, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio and Havana.
It is in the urban areas where about 70 percent of the population lives and
the eclectic architecture prevail, although some historic centers such as Ha-
vana and Trinidad, among others, keep the colonial environment which were
declared World Heritage Sites. But in general, there are a wide variety of
cultural expressions.
Cuba is a long and narrow island, which resembles the figure of a crocodile,
reaching 745 miles. Its widest part is 130 miles and the narrowest 19 miles.
January 1, 1959. It commemorates
the triumph of the popular revolu-
tion that freed Cuba from Spain and
the United States
Tropical characterized by constant
winds blowing from the Atlantic Ocean
110. 800 million dollars
9, 700 dollars
