CUBA

MA. DE LOS ÁNGELES

LANDIN HERNÁNDEZ
889113
Area: 110,860 sq km,
Land: 109,820 sq km,
Water: 1,040 sq km
Population: 11,451,652
(July 2009 est)
Official Name: Republic Of
Cuba
Capital City: La Havana
People: Cubans
Official Language: Spanish
 GOVERNMENT: COMUNIST STATE
 RELIGION: 85% ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIOR CASTRO ASSUMING POWER;
PROTESTANTS, JEOVAH´S WITNESSES, JEWS, AND SANTERIA ARE ALSO
REPRESENTED
 INDEPENDENCE: MAY 20, 1902
 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS: TRIUMPH OF THE REVOLUTION, 1 JANUARY 1959
 OFFICIAL CURRENCY: PESO CUBANO
 LAND AREA: 109,820 SQ KM
 LATITUDE/LONGITUDE: 23 07 N, 82 21 W
 HIGHEST POINT: PICO TURQUINO 2005 M
 BORDERING BODY OF WATER – CARIBBEAN SEA, GULF OF MEXICO, NORTH
ATLANTIC OCEAN
NATIONAL FLAG: FIVE EQUAL BANDS OF
BLUE (TOP, CENTER AND BOTTOM)
ALTERNATING WITH WHITE; A RED
EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE BASED ON THE
HOIST SIDE BEARS A WHITE, FIVE-
POINTED STAR IN THE CENTER

COAT OF ARMS: IT CONSISTS OF A

SHIELD IN FRONT OF A FASCES
CROWNED BY THE PHYRYGIAN CAP
NASHIONAL FLOWER:
THE
BUTTERFLY(HEDYCHIUM
CORONARIUM KOENIG),
NATIONALBIRD:
TOCORORO
NATIONAL SPORT:
BASEBALL
NATIONAL TREE: THE
ROYAL
PALM(ROYSTONEA
REGIA. O.F. COOK