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 |
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| Demonym(s) | Cuban |
| Government | Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic[5] |
| Raúl Castro[6] | |
| Miguel Díaz-Canel | |
| Salvador Valdés Mesa | |
| 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 |
| Population | |
• 2019 census |  11,193,470[7] (82nd) |
• Density | 101.9/km2 (263.9/sq mi) (81st) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate |
• Total | US$ 254.865 billion[8] |
• Per capita | US$ 22,237[8][9] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Total |  US$ 100.023 billion[10] (61st) |
• Per capita | US$ 8,822[11] (76th) |
| Gini (2000) | 38.0[12] medium |
| HDI (2019) | 0.783[13] high · 70th |
| Currency | Cuban peso (CUP) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (CDT) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +53 |
| ISO 3166 code | CU |
| Internet TLD | .cu |
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 Hispaniola, 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 official area of the Republic of Cuba is 109,884 km2 (42,426 sq mi). The main island of Cuba is the largest island in Cuba and in the Caribbean, with an area of 104,556 km2 (40,369 sq mi). Cuba is the second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants.