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, FIVEPOINTED 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),
NATIONAL
BIRD: TOCORORO
NATIONAL
SPORT:
NATIONAL
TREE: THE
BASEBALL
ROYAL PALM(ROYSTONEA REGIA. O.F. COOK