AREA ................................................
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110.860
kmq
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POPULATION ..................................
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11.308.764 in.
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DENSITY .........................................
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102,0 in/kmq
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CAPITAL ..........................................
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L'Avana
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LANGUAGES ....................................
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Spanish
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RELIGIONS ......................................
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Nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented
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CURRENCY ......................................
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Cuban peso (CUP)
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GDP per CAPITA .............................
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-
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ..
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0,582 (50th place)
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LOWEST POINT ...............................
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Caribbean Sea 0 m
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HIGHEST POINT ..............................
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Pico Turquino 2005 m
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INDEPENDENCE ...............................
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20 May 1902 (from Spain 10 December 1898; administered by the US from 1898 to 1902)
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INSTITUTIONAL FORM ...................
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Socialist Republic
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WEB DOMAIN ..................................
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.cu
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COUNTRY CODE ..............................
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+53
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