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Introduction

Capital: Havana

Population

Total Population: 11,257,013
Annual growth rate: -0.1%
Density: 103 inhabitant/km²
Urban population: 75.6%
Population of main cities including suburbs: La Habana (2,250,000); Santiago de Cuba (550,000); Camagüey (350,000); Holguín (320,000); Santa Clara (250,000).
Ethnic Origins: The majority of the Cuban population is of European origin (around 65%).  More than 10% of the Island's population is of African origin, 1% of Chinese origin and 22% is mixed.
Official Language: Spanish.
Other languages spoken: English
Business language: Spanish
Religion: 85% of Cubans were Catholic before the revolution. The Catholic religion was banned after the revolution.  In 1992, an amendment to the Constitution authorised freedom of worship on the Island with some restrictions.  In practice, the religious beliefs of the old slaves merged with Catholicism giving birth to an Afro-Cuban religion called Santerias.
Literacy rate: 99.8%

Local time:

It is %T:%M %A in Havana
It is %T:%M %A in Santiago de Cuba

Exchange rate on :

National currency: Cuban Peso (CUP)


Country overview

Type of State: Socialist communist State
Type of economy: Country with middle income (Lower-middle income) GNP in USD by inhabitant: 990
Socialist planned economy..
Extremely dependent on tourism and the exports of raw materials.
HDI*: 0,855/1
HDI (world rank): 48th/177

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.


Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from Cuba, dial 119
To call in Cuba, dial +53
Internet suffix: .cu
Telephone lines: 9.9 per 100 inhabitants
Internet users: 12.9 per 100 inhabitants
Access to electricity: 96% of the population
 

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