GENERAL DETAILS

    · Full name: Republic of Cuba

    · Capital: Havana

    · Head of State: President of the Council of State Fidel Castro

    · Type of Government: Communist

    · Language(s): Spanish, CastilianPEOPLE

    · Population: 11,308,764 (estimate as at July 2004)

    · Age Structures:

    · 0-14 years old: 2,266,132 [20 percent of the population]

    · 15-64 years old: 7,897,393 [69.8 percent of the population]

    · 65 years and over: 1,199,239 [10.1 percent of the population]

    · Life expectancy:

    · Males: 74.77 years

    · Females: 79.44 years

    · Sexual make-up:

    · Males: 5,641,100

    · Females: 5,667,664

    · Ethnicity:

    · Spanish/mulatto: 60 percent

    · Mixed-race: 22 percent

    · African: 11 percent

    · Chinese: 1 percent

    · Religions:

    · Catholic: 47 percent

    · Protestant: 4 percent

    · Santeria: 2 percentGEOGRAPHY

    · Location: An island in the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, 95 miles (150 kilometers) from Key West, Florida; at 21 30 N, 80 00 W

    · Land Area: 42,800 square miles (110,860 square kilometers)

    · Number of Provinces: 14 (and 1 special municipality)

    · Camaguey,

    · Ciego de Avila

    · Ceinfuegos

    · Ciudad de La Habana

    · Granma

    · Guantanamo

    · Holguin

    · La Habana

    · Las Tunas

    · Matanzas

    · Pinar del Rio

    · Sancti Spiritus

    · Santiago de Cuba

    · Villa Clara

    · (Isla de la Juventud)

    · Tallest Mountain: Sierra Maestras, topped by Real de Turquino peak at 2,005 m (6,578 ft) above sea level

    · Longest River: The Cauto 150 miles (240 km)FINANCE

    · Currency: Cuban Peso

    · GDP: US$20 billion

    · Annual Growth Rate: 2.5 percent

    · Major Industries: Sugar, minerals, tobacco, agriculture, medicine and tourism

    · Major Trading Nations: Western Europe, Latin America, Russia, China and North Korea

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