Facts About Cuba
- Country Code: 53
- Currency: Cuban Peso
- Country Capital: Havana
- Independence Day: October 10, 1868
- Tourism Web Site: Cuba Travel
Geography
- Longitude & Lattitude: 23.1333° N, 82.3833° W
- Length (main island): 760 miles (1,250 km)
- Width: (widest point - 119 miles (191 km), (narrowest point - 19 miles (31 km)
- Coastline (main island): 3,570 miles (5,746 km)
- Total Area (includes Isle of Youth / Isla de la Juventud): 43,650 sq miles (113,060 sq km)
- Land: 42,426 sq miles (109,884 sq km)
- Water: 374 sq miles (976 sq km)
- Highest Elevation: Pico Turquino - 6,476 ft. (1,974 m)
- Political Map: Cuba is divided into 15 provinces (capitals): Artemisa (Artemisa), Camagüey (Camagüay), Ciego de Ávila (Ciego de Ávila), Cienfuegos (Cienfuegos), Granma (Bayamo), Guantánamo (Guantánamo), Holguín (Holguín), La Habana (Havana), Las Tunas (Las Tunas), Mayabeque (San José de las Lajas), Matanzas (Matanzas), Pinar del Río (Pinar del Río), Sancti Spíritus (Sancti Spíritus), Santiago de Cuba (Santiago de Cuba) and Villa Clara (Santa Clara). These provinces are divided into 168 municipalities.
- A special municipality has been created for the Isle of Youth (Isla de la Juventud), the capital of which is Nueva Gerona.