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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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