Republic of Cuba República de Cuba (Spanish) | |
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| Capital and largest city | Havana 23°8′N 82°23′W / 23.133°N 82.383°W |
| Official languages | Spanish |
| Ethnic groups (1998)[3] | |
| Demonym(s) | Cuban |
| Government | Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic[4] |
| Raúl Castro | |
| Miguel Díaz-Canel | |
| Salvador Valdés Mesa | |
| José Machado Ventura | |
| Manuel Marrero Cruz | |
| Esteban Lazo Hernández | |
| Legislature | National Assembly of People's Power |
| Independence | |
| 10 October 1868 | |
| 24 February 1895 | |
• Recognized (handed over from Spain to the United States) | 10 December 1898 |
• Republic declared (independence from United States) | 20 May 1902 |
| 26 July 1953 – 1 January 1959 | |
• Current constitution | 10 April 2019 |
| Area | |
• Total | 109,884 km2 (42,426 sq mi) (104th) |
• Water (%) | 0.94 |
| Population | |
• 2018 census |  11,209,628[5] (82nd) |
• Density | 102.1/km2 (264.4/sq mi) (114th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate |
• Total | US$ 254.865 billion[6] |
• Per capita | US$ 22,237[6][7] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Total |  $100.023 billion[8] (62nd) |
• Per capita | $8,822[9] (76th) |
| Gini (2000) | 38.0[10] medium |
| HDI (2018) | 0.778[11] high · 72nd |
| Currency | (CUC) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (CDT) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +53 |
| ISO 3166 code | CU |
| Internet TLD | .cu |
Website www | |
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Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean where the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean meet. It is east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the U.S. state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Haiti and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The area of the Republic of Cuba is 110,860 square kilometers (42,800 sq mi). The island of Cuba is the largest island in Cuba and in the Caribbean, with an area of 105,006 square kilometers (40,543 sq mi), and the second-most populous after Hispaniola, with over 11 million inhabitants.