esources:
cobalt, nickel, iron ore, copper, manganese, salt, timber, silica
Land use:
arable land 23%; permanent crops 6%; meadows and pastures 23%; forest and
woodland 17%; other 31%; includes irrigated 10%
Environment:
averages one hurricane every other year
Note:
largest country in Caribbean; 145 km south of Florida

:Cuba People

Population:
10,846,821 (July 1992), growth rate 1.0% (1992)
Birth rate:
17 births/1,000 population (1992)
Death rate:
6 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
Net migration rate:
-1 migrant/1,000 population (1992)
Infant mortality rate:
11 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth:
74 years male, 79 years female (1992)
Total fertility rate:
1.8 children born/woman (1992)
Nationality:
noun - Cuban(s); adjective - Cuban
Ethnic divisions:
mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1%
Religions:
85% nominally Roman Catholic before Castro assumed power
Languages:
Spanish
Literacy:
94% (male 95%, female 93%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Labor force:
3,578,800 in state sector; services and government 30%, industry 22%,
agriculture 20%, commerce 11%, construction 10%, transportation and
communications 7% (June 1990); economically active population 4,620,800
(1988)
Organized labor:
Workers Central Union of Cuba (CTC), only labor federation approved by
government; 2,910,000 members; the CTC is an umbrella organization composed
of 17 member unions

:Cuba Government

Long-form name:
Republic of Cuba
Type:
Communist state
Capital:
Havana
Administrative divisions:
14 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 special municipality*
(municipio especial); Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La
Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana, Las
Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa
Clara
Independence:
20 May 1902 (from Spain 10 December 1898); administered by the US from 1898
to 1902
Constitution:
24 February 1976
Legal system:
based on Spanish and American law, with large elements of Communist legal
theory; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
National holiday:
Rebellion Day, 26 July (1953)
Executive branch:
president of the Council of State, first vice president of the Council of
State, Council of State, pr