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Cuba Facts

 

Full name: Republic of Cuba

Capital: Havana

Location: 21 30 N, 80 00 W

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

Type of Government: Communist

Currency: Cuban Peso

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

Language(s): Spanish, Castilian

Suffrage / Age of consent: 16

Main Religion: Catholic (47 percent)

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

Number of Provinces: 14 (and 1 special municipality)

Annual Rainfall: 1219.2 mm / 48 in

Public Holidays:

1 January: Liberation Day

1 May: Labor Day

25 – 27 July: Celebration of the National Rebellion / Revolution Day

10 October: Day of Cuban Culture / Anniversary of the 1868 War of Independence

25 December: Christmas Day

Rainy Season: May - October

Dry Season: November – April

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