- Though oil was discovered in Cuba in the early 1900s, it wasn’t until the collapse of the Soviet Union that Cuba was forced to find its own crude oil.
- Havana is the capital city of the Republic of Cuba. WHO Region: Region of the Americas. ... WHO country cooperation strategy at a glance: Cuba.
- Cuba is an archipelago of islands located in the Caribbean Sea. Cuba is the nation's principal island, which is surrounded by four main groups of islands.
- Since the Revolution, Cuba has been subjected to a trade and economic embargo (referred to in Cuba as el bloqueo, or "the blockade") by the United States.
- Cuba, country of the West Indies, the largest island of the archipelago, and one of the more-influential states of the Caribbean region.
- Cuba's birth rate has fallen tremendously over the last few decades, and it's now one of the lowest in the Western Hemisphere at 9.88 births/1,000 population.
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- Size and population: 11.2 million inhabitants and 110,861 sq km of land. Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean by both population and area.
- There are 15 Cuba provinces and an island, Isla de Juventud, with special municipality status. This gives Cuba 16 distinct territories.