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Cuba
| Location |
In the Greater Antilles, between Caribbean Sea, N Atlantic Ocean |
| Latitude and longitude |
21 30 N, 80 00 W |
| Sovereignty |
Independent |
| United Nations member? |
Yes |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "Republic of Cuba" |
| Population |
11,338,000 |
| Census notes |
est. June 30, 2004 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
114,525 |
| Capital |
Havana (La Habana) |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| Constitución
de la República de Cuba (Spanish), from the Political Database of
the Americas, Georgetown University |
| Constitución
de la República de Cuba (Spanish), from La Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular
(the Cuban National Assembly of
People's Power) |
| Constitution
of the Republic of Cuba, from La Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular
(the Cuban National Assembly of
People's Power) |
| Ley de Reforma Constitucional
(2002) (Spanish), from the Political Database of
the Americas, Georgetown University |
Other legal documents online
|
| Treaty
of Peace Between the United States and Spain, December 10, 1898
(the Treaty of Paris), from
the Avalon Project at
Yale
Law
School |
| Treaty Between the United States of America and
Cuba, May 29, 1934, from
the Avalon Project at
Yale
Law
School |
| Agreement
Between the United States and Cuba for the Lease of Lands for Coaling
and Naval stations, February 23, 1903, from the Avalon Project
at Yale Law School |
| Lease
to the United States by the Government of Cuba of Certain Areas of Land
and Water for Naval or Coaling Stations in Guantanamo and Bahia Honda,
July
2, 1903,
from the Avalon Project at
Yale
Law
School
|
| Gaceta
Oficial de la República
de Cuba (Spanish) |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Association of Caribbean States, Total
Population |
| Country
profile: Cuba, from the BBC News |
| Cuba,
Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State (2003) |
| Cuba
(Spanish) |
| Cuba,
globalEDGE Country Insight from Michigan State University |
| Cuba,
the Web Site of the Government of the Republic of Cuba |
| Cuba Map & Maps of Cuba |
| CubaWeb |
| Independent
States in the World, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State,
Washington, D.C. |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country
Profile: Cuba |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
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