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Country name:
conventional long form: Republic of Cuba
conventional short form: Cuba
local long form: Republica de Cuba
local short form: Cuba
Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, 150 km south of Key West, Florida
Geographic coordinates: 21 30 N, 80 00 W
Area: total: 110,860 sq km country comparison to the world: 105
land: 109,820 sq km water: 1,040 sq km
Climate: tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October)
Terrain: mostly flat to rolling plains, with rugged hills and mountains in the southeast
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Pico Turquino 2,005 m
Natural resources: cobalt, nickel, iron ore, chromium, copper, salt, timber, silica, petroleum, arable land
Land use: arable land: 27.63% permanent crops: 6.54% other: 65.83% (2005)
Irrigated land: 8,700 sq km (2003)
Natural hazards: the east coast is subject to hurricanes from August to November (in general, the country averages about one hurricane every other year); droughts are common
Government type: Communist state
Capital: name: Havana
geographic coordinates: 23 07 N, 82 21 W
time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Administrative divisions: 14 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 special municipality (municipio especial); Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud, La Habana, Las Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara
National holiday: Triumph of the Revolution, 1 January (1959) Constitution: 24 February 1976; amended July 1992 and June 2002
Legal system: based on Spanish civil law and influenced by American legal concepts with large elements of Communist legal theory; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Population: 11,477,459 (July 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 73
Age structure: 0-14 years: 18.3% (male 1,077,745/female 1,020,393) 15-64 years: 70.4% (male 4,035,691/female 4,030,103) 65 years and over: 11.2% (male 584,478/female 703,242) (2010 est.)
Median age: total: 37.8 years male: 37.1 years female: 38.6 years (2010 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.217% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 181
Airports: 136 (2010) country comparison to the world: 43
Airports - with paved runways: total: 65 over 3,047 m: 7 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 27 (2010)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 71 914 to 1,523 m: 13 under 914 m: 58 (2010)
Pipelines: gas 41 km; oil 230 km (2009)
Railways: total: 8,598 km country comparison to the world: 24 standard gauge: 8,322 km 1.435-m gauge (176 km electrified) narrow gauge: 276 km 1.000-gauge note: 4,533 km of the track is used by sugar plantations; 4,257 km is standard gauge; 276 km is narrow gauge (2006)
Roadways: total: 60,858 km country comparison to the world: 75 paved: 29,820 km (includes 638 km of expressway) unpaved: 31,038 km (2000)
Waterways: 240 km (almost all navigable inland waterways are near the mouths of rivers) (2010) country comparison to the world: 95
Merchant marine: total: 5 country comparison to the world: 129 by type: cargo 2, passenger 1, refrigerated cargo 2 registered in other countries: 6 (Cyprus 1, former Netherlands Antilles 1, Panama 4) (2010).
Ports and terminals: Antilla, Cienfuegos, Guantanamo, Havana, Matanzas, Mariel, Nuevitas Bay, Santiago de Cuba, Tanamo.
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