Cuba
80°00′W / 22.000°N 80.000°W / 22.000; -80.000
The Republic o Cuba (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˈkuβa]) is a kintra in the Americaes. It conseests o the island o Cuba (the maist muckle an secont-maist populous island o the Greater Antilles), the island o Isla de la Juventud, an monie adjacent wee islands.
Republic o Cuba República de Cuba (Spaingie) | |
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Motto: "¡Patria o Muerte, Venceremos!" (Spaingie) "Hameland or Daith, we shall owercome!" • "¡Trabajadores del mundo, únanse!" "Wirkers o the warld, unite!" | |
.svg) Location o Cuba (green) | |
| Caipital and largest city | Havana 23°8′N 82°23′W / 23.133°N 82.383°W |
| Offeecial leids | Spaingie |
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| Demonym(s) | Cuban |
| Govrenment | Unitar Marxist–Leninist ane-pairty socialist republic |
• First Secretar o the Communist Pairty | Raúl Castro |
• Preses | Miguel Díaz-Canel |
• First Vice Preses | Salvador Valdés Mesa |
• Seicont Secretar o the Communist Pairty | José Machado Ventura |
• Preses o the Naitional Assembly | Esteban Lazo Hernández |
| Legislatur | Naitional Assemmly o Fowk's Pouer |
| Independence | |
• Declaration o Unthirldom | October 10, 1868 |
• War o Unthirldom | Februar 24, 1895 |
• Recognised (haundit ower frae Spain tae the Unitit States) | December 10, 1898 |
• Republic declared (independence from United States) | Mey 20, 1902 |
• Cuban Revolution | Julie 26, 1953 – Januar 1, 1959 |
• Current constitution | Februar 24, 1976 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 109,884 km2 (42,426 sq mi) (104th) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
| Population | |
• 2016 census | 11,239,224 (81st) |
• Density | 102.3/km2 (265.0/sq mi) (106t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate |
• Total | US$ 254.865 billion (55t) |
• Per capita | US$ 20,646 (2013) (58t) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2015 estimate |
• Tot | US$ 87.205 billion (65t) |
• Per capita | US$ 7,657 (80t) |
| Gini (2000) | 38.0 medium |
| HDI (2015) |  0.775heich · 68t |
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| Time zone | UTC−5 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (CDT) |
| Drivin side | richt |
| Cawin code | +53 |
| ISO 3166 code | CU |
| Internet TLD | .cu |
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Havana is the maist muckle city in Cuba an is the kintra's caipital. Santiago de Cuba an Camagüey are major Cuban cities an aw. Better kent smawer clachans include: Baracoa (that wis the first Spanis sattlement on Cuba), Trinidad (a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid), an Bayamo.
Cuba is hame tae ower 11 million fowk an is the maist populous insular naition in the Caribbean. Its fowk, cultur, an customs draw fae diverse soorces sic as: the auncient Taíno an Ciboney fowk; the period o Spaingie colonialism; the introduction o African thralls; an its proximity tae the Unitit States.
Most of the economy depends on remittances.
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