Cuba

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Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises the eponymous main island as well as 4,195 islands, islets, and cays. Situated at the convergence of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean, Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula, south of both Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola, and north of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Cuba is the largest country in the Caribbean by area and the third-largest by population, after Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Culturally, Cuba is considered to be part of Latin America. Its capital and largest city is Havana.

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Capital

Havana

Population

10,985,974

Area

109,884 km2

Climate

Tropical

Government

Communist state

Currency

convertible peso

Languages

Spanish

Sells

tobacco, nickel, liquor, zinc ore

Sells to

China 34%, Spain 12%, Germany 6%

Land borders

None

Drives on the

right

Calling code

+53

Founded

1898

Hemisphere

Northern

Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Spanishofficial

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What it sells, and to whom

Every line is a thread: click a commodity or a partner to see who else trades in it.

Farms and fisheries

sugarcane
cassava
plantains
vegetables
mangoes/guavas
milk

Largest cities

Havana capital	2,163,824
Santiago de Cuba	555,865
Camagüey	347,562
Holguín	319,102
Guantánamo	272,801

Wars and conflicts

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World War I1914–1918 Spanish-American War1898 Yom Kippur War1973 Angolan Civil War1975–2002 War of Attrition1967–1970 Ogaden War1977–1978 Sand War1963–1964 Third Indochina War1975–1991 Shaba II

Form of government

Communist state.

unitary state

Money, belief and alliances

Money

convertible peso Cuban peso

Belongs to

Organization of American States International Civil Defence Organisation United Nations World Meteorological Organization Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Community of Latin American and Caribbean States UNESCO COMECON World Health Organization World Trade Organization ALBA Interpol International Hydrographic Organization Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean Universal Postal Union

Climate and geography

tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October)

Climate zone

Tropical

Highest point

Pico Turquino

Landmarks and landscapes

Old Havana Vinales Valley

Northern hemisphere.

In charge right now

Miguel Díaz-Canel Head of state

Manuel Marrero Cruz Head of government

Figures from its history

Fidel Castro Revolutionary leader, 1959-2008 Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2011.

Che Guevara Revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, politician, and military theorist.

Jose Marti Poet and independence hero José Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the liberation of his country from Spain.