| Official Name:
Republic of Cuba |
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Area: 110 922 km2
Population: 11,1
millions (70% urban)
Capital: City of Havana (3
million inhabitants)
Official language:
Spanish
Geography:
Located at the entrance of the Gulf of Mexico, the Cuban
archipelago is formed by the Island of Cuba, the Youth's Island and
approximately 4 195 keys and islets. Near 140 kilometers separate it
from the Bahamas; 77 from Haiti; 180 from Florida; 210 from Cancun;
and 146 from Jamaica.
The silhouette of
Cuba, elongated and narrow, is 1 200 kilometers long and betwen 32
and 145 kilometers wide. In total, the territory comprises 110 922
square kilometers, that distinguishes it as the largest of the
Antilles.
Temperature yearly
average: 25 °C
Political – administrative Division: The Republic of Cuba is divided in 14
provinces and a Special Municipality, the Youth's Island. They are:
Pinar del Río, Havana, City of Havana, Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Villa
Clara, Sancti Spíritus, Ciego de Ávila, Camagüey, Las Tunas,
Holguín, Granma, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo.
Export
products: Raw and refined sugar, nickel oxide, fish and
shellfish, tobacco, rums and alcohols, citric.
Literacy rate: >95%
Universitary Graduates: 500 000
Inhabitants per doctor:
183
Life Expectancy: 74
years
Highways Net: 46 000
km
International airports: 11
Airport Tax: 25.00CUC
Form of Government: Parliamentarian
Currency:
Although the Cuban Peso is the national currency; to pay all the
tourist services in the Country the
Convertible Peso. The
Convertible Peso circulates with the following denomination: 1, 5, 10, 20 and
50 Pesos. The Cuban Peso has
100 cents. Ciculate Notes of 1, 3, 5, 10, 20 and 50 Pesos, and coins
of 1 and 3 Pesos, also pieces of 1, 2, 5 and 20 cents. The Euros
circulates in the tourist poles
of Varadero, Holguín and Jardines del Rey.
Festivities: January 1st, Liberation Day; May 1st, Worker’s Day;
25th, 26th and 27th of July, Anniversary of the Assault to the
Moncada Garrison; October 10th, Anniversary of the Beginning of the
Wars of Independence; December 25th Christma Day. |
