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General characteristics

Official Name: Republic of Cuba

Area: 114,525 km2

Limits: To the north are the United States and the Bahamas, to the west Mexico, to the south the Cayman Islands and Jamaica, and to the east the island of Hispaniola.

Capital: Havana

Other cities: Santiago de Cuba, Holguín, Guantánamo, Matanzas, Santa Clara, Cienfuegos, Sancti Spíritus, Camagüey, Ciego de Ávila and Pinar del Río.

Spanish Language

Form of State: Socialist state of law and social justice, independent and sovereign.

Administrative division: Cuba is divided into 15 provinces and 168 municipalities (Isla de la Juventud is considered a “special municipality”). The provinces are Camagüey, Ciego de Ávila, Cienfuegos, Havana, Granma, Guantánamo, Holguín, Las Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Río, Sancti Spíritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara, Mayabeque and Artemisa.