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Cuba

CU / CUB 22.0°, -79.5°

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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People are called

Cuban

Driving side

Right

Calling code

+53

Capital

Havana

Population

10,985,974

Area

109,884 km2

Climate

Tropical

Government

Communist state

Currency

Cuban 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

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Cuban

These are English demonyms for people from Cuba. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

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BEYOND THE MAP

Cuba in the study desk

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Pico Turquino

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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

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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

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

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

Form of government

Communist state.

unitary state

Money, belief and alliances

Money

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.