The Republic of Cuba is an island country in the Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos.

Havana

Havana

Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...

 is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba

Santiago de Cuba

Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city of Cuba and capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island, some south-east of the Cuban capital of Havana....

 is the second largest city.

Cuba is home to over 11 million people and is the most populous island nation in the Caribbean. Its people

Cubans

Cubans or Cuban people are the inhabitants or citizens of Cuba. Cuba is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...

, culture

Culture of Cuba

The culture of Cuba is a complex mixture of different, often contrasting, factors and influences. Cuba is a meeting point of European, African and continental North American cultures; little of the original Amerindian culture survives. Since 1959, the Cuban Revolution has also greatly affected...

, and customs draw from diverse sources, such as the aboriginal Taíno and Ciboney

Ciboney

The Ciboney were pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. The name Ciboney derives from the indigenous Taíno people which means Cave Dwellers; evidence has shown that a number of the Ciboney people have lived in caves at some time. Over the years, many...

 peoples, the period of Spanish colonialism

Spanish Empire

The Spanish Empire comprised territories and colonies administered directly by Spain in Europe, in America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. It originated during the Age of Exploration and was therefore one of the first global empires. At the time of Habsburgs, Spain reached the peak of its world power....

, the introduction of African slaves

Slavery in the Spanish New World colonies

Slavery in the Spanish colonies began with the enslavement of the local indigenous peoples in their homelands by Spanish settlers. Enslavement and production quotas were used to force the local labor to bring a return on the expedition and colonization investments...

 and its proximity to the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Cuba:

General reference

• Pronounced: ˈkjuːbə, reˈpuβlika ðe ˈkuβa
• Common English country name: Cuba
  Cuba
  The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
  
  
• Official English country name: The Republic of Cuba
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s): República de Cuba
• Adjectival(s): Cuban
  Cuban
  Cuban may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to Cuba, a country in the Caribbean* Cubans, people from Cuba, or of Cuban descent. For more information about the Cuban people, see Demographics of Cuba and Culture of Cuba...
  
  
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology
  Etymology
  Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages and texts about the languages to gather knowledge about how words were used during...
  
  : Name of Cuba
• International rankings of Cuba
  International rankings of Cuba
  The following are international rankings of Cuba.-Demographics:*United Nations: Population, ranked X out of 223 countries*CIA World Factbook: Urbanization ranked X out of 193 countries-Economy:...
  
  
• ISO country codes: CU, CUB, 192
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:CU
  ISO 3166-2:CU
  ISO 3166-2:CU is the entry for Cuba in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Cuba, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined...
  
  
• Internet
  Internet
  The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
  
   country code top-level domain
  Country code top-level domain
  A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....
  
  : .cu
  .cu
  -Second Level Domain Names:* .com.cu* .edu.cu* .org.cu* .net.cu* .gov.cu* .inf.cu-External links:* *...
  
  

Geography of Cuba

• Cuba is located in the following regions:
  • Northern Hemisphere
    Northern Hemisphere
    The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of its equator—the word hemisphere literally means “half sphere”. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator...
    
     and Western Hemisphere
    Western Hemisphere
    The Western Hemisphere or western hemisphere is mainly used as a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian and east of the Antimeridian , the other half being called the Eastern Hemisphere.In this sense, the western hemisphere consists of the western portions...
    
    
    • North America
      North America
      North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
      
       (though not on the mainland
      Mainland
      Mainland is a name given to a large landmass in a region , or to the largest of a group of islands in an archipelago. Sometimes its residents are called "Mainlanders"...
      
      )
  • Atlantic Ocean
    Atlantic Ocean
    The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
    
    
    • North Atlantic
      • Caribbean
        Caribbean
        The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
        
        
        • Antilles
          Antilles
          The Antilles islands form the greater part of the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea. The Antilles are divided into two major groups: the "Greater Antilles" to the north and west, including the larger islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola , and Puerto Rico; and the smaller "Lesser Antilles" on the...
          
          
          • Greater Antilles
            Greater Antilles
            The Greater Antilles are one of three island groups in the Caribbean. Comprising Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola , and Puerto Rico, the Greater Antilles constitute almost 90% of the land mass of the entire West Indies.-Greater Antilles in context :The islands of the Caribbean Sea, collectively known as...
            
            
  • Time zone
    Time zone
    A time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...
    
    : UTC-05, summer UTC-04
  • Extreme points of Cuba
    • High: Pico Turquino
      Pico Turquino
      Pico Turquino is the highest point in Cuba. It is located in the southeast part of the island, in the Sierra Maestra mountain range in Santiago de Cuba Province....
      
       1974 m (6,476 ft)
    • Low: Caribbean Sea
      Caribbean Sea
      The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
      
       0 m
  • Coastline: 3,735 km
• Population: 11,268,000 - 73rd most populous country
• Area: 110,861 km²
• Atlas of Cuba

Environment of Cuba

• Ecoregions
• Biosphere reserves
• Earthquakes in Cuba
• Wildlife of Cuba
  • Flora
    Flora of Cuba
    This is a list of plants which includes trees and other herbs, vines, climbers, lianas, shrubs, subshrubs that are nativeor endemic, found in Cuba.This list should exclude plants grown, invasive species or introduced by humans ....
    
    
  • Fauna of Cuba
    • Birds
    • Mammals
    • Reptiles and Amphibians

Natural geographic features

• Islands
• Mountains
• Bodies of water
  • Gulfs and bays
    • Bay of Cárdenas
      Bay of Cárdenas
      The Bay of Cárdenas is a shallow bay on Cuba's northern shore, in the province of Matanzas.It is located on the Cuban coast, facing the Nicholas Channel, and is delimited to the north by the Hicacos Peninsula. To the north-east it is flanked by cays of the Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago, such as...
      
      
    • Bay of Havana
    • Bay of Matanzas
    • Bay of Pigs
      Bay of Pigs
      The Bay of Pigs is an inlet of the Gulf of Cazones on the southern coast of Cuba. By 1910, it was included in Santa Clara Province, and then instead to Las Villas Province by 1961, but in 1976, it was re-assigned to Matanzas Province, when the original six provinces of Cuba were re-organized into...
      
      
    • Bay of Santa Clara
      Bay of Santa Clara
      The Bay of Santa Clara is a bay on Cuba's north coast, located between the Nicholas Channel and the northern coast of the provinces of Matanzas and Villa Clara....
      
      
    • Ensenada de la Broa
      Ensenada de la Broa
      Ensenada de la Broa is a bay in southern Cuba. It is located at , in the provinces of Matanzas and Havana. Bay is a part of the Gulf of Batabano....
      
      
    • Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
    • Gulf of Batabanó
      Gulf of Batabanó
      The Gulf of Batabanó , also called the Batabanó Gulf, is an inlet or strait off southwestern Cuba in the Caribbean Sea, separating mainland Cuba from the Isle of Youth...
      
      
    • Gulf of Cazones
      Gulf of Cazones
      Gulf of Cazones is a large gulf in southern Cuba. It is located at , south of provinces of Matanzas and Cienfuegos....
      
      
    • Gulf of Guacanayabo
      Gulf of Guacanayabo
      The Gulf of Guacanayabo is a bay along the southern coast of Cuba, bordered by Granma and Las Tunas provinces. It is located at .The largest port on the bay is Manzanillo, ad to the north-west, the gulf is bordered by the Jardines de la Reina archipellago...
      
      
  • Rivers
• List of World Heritage Sites

Provinces of Cuba

1. Camagüey Province
   Camagüey Province
   Camagüey is the largest of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Camagüey. Other towns include Florida and Nuevitas.-Geography:Camagüey is mostly low lying, with no major hills or mountain ranges passing through the province...
   
   

   Capital: Camagüey

   Camagüey

   Camagüey is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third largest city. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province.After almost continuous attacks from pirates the original city was moved inland in 1528.The new city was built with a confusing lay-out of winding alleys that made...

   
   

2. Ciego de Ávila Province
   Ciego de Ávila Province
   Ciego de Ávila is one of the provinces of Cuba, and was previously part of Camagüey Province. Its capital is Ciego de Ávila, which lies on the Carretera Central , and the second city is Morón, further north....
   
   

   Capital: Ciego de Ávila

   Ciego de Ávila

   Ciego de Ávila is a city in the central part of Cuba and the capital of Ciego de Ávila Province. The city has a population of about 86,100.Ciego de Ávila lies on the Carretera Central highway and on a major railroad. Its port, Júcaro, lies south-southwest on the coast of the Gulf of Ana Maria in...

   
   

3. Cienfuegos Province
   Cienfuegos Province
   Cienfuegos is one of the provinces of Cuba. The capital city of the province is also called Cienfuegos and was founded by French settlers in 1819....
   
   

   Capital: Cienfuegos

   Cienfuegos

   Cienfuegos is a city on the southern coast of Cuba, capital of Cienfuegos Province. It is located about from Havana, and has a population of 150,000. The city is dubbed La Perla del Sur...

   
   

4. Granma
   Granma Province
   Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Bayamo. Other towns include Manzanillo and Pilón.-History:...
   
   

   Capital: Bayamo

   Bayamo

   Bayamo is the capital city of the Granma Province of Cuba, and one of the largest cities in the Oriente region.The community of Bayamo lies on a plain by the Bayamon River...

   
   

5. Guantánamo Province
   Guantánamo Province
   Guantánamo is the easternmost province of Cuba. Its capital is also called Guantánamo. Other towns include Baracoa. The province surrounds the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay.-History:...
   
   

   Capital: Guantánamo

   Guantánamo

   Guantánamo is a municipality and city in southeast Cuba and capital of Guantánamo Province.Guantánamo is served by the Caimanera port and the site of a famous U.S. Naval base. The area produces sugarcane and cotton wool...

   
   

6. Ciudad de La Habana (Havana)
   Havana
   Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
   
   
7. La Habana Province
   La Habana Province
   Havana Province was one of the provinces of Cuba, prior to being divided into two new provinces of Artemisa and Mayabeque on January 1, 2011. It had 711,066 people in the 2002 census. The largest city was Artemisa .-Geography:...
   
   

   Capital: no provincial capital, as the country's capital is located here

8. Holguín Province
   Holguín Province
   Holguín is one of the provinces of Cuba, the third most populous after Ciudad de la Habana and Santiago de Cuba. It lies in the northeast of the country. Its major cities include Holguín , Banes, Antilla, Mayarí, and Moa....
   
   

   Capital: Holguín

   Holguín

   Holguín is a municipality and city, the capital of the Cuban Province of Holguín. It also includes a tourist area, offering beach resorts in the outskirts of the region.-History:...

   
   

9. Matanzas Province
   Matanzas Province
   Matanzas is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns in the province include Cárdenas, Colón, Jovellanos and the capital of the same name, Matanzas...
   
   

   Capital: Matanzas

   Matanzas

   Matanzas is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas. It is famed for its poets, culture, and Afro-Cuban folklore.It is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas , east of the capital Havana and west of the resort town of Varadero.Matanzas is called the...

   
   

10. Pinar del Río Province
    Pinar del Río Province
    Pinar del Río is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is at the western end of the island of Cuba.-Geography:The Pinar del Río province is Cuba's westernmost province and contains one of Cuba's three main mountain ranges, the Cordillera de Guaniguanico, divided into the easterly Sierra del Rosario and...
    
    

    Capital: Pinar del Río

    Pinar del Río

    Pinar del Río is a city in Cuba. It is the capital of Pinar del Río Province.Inhabitants of the area are called Pinareños.Neighborhoods in the city include La Conchita, La Coloma, Briones Montoto and Las Ovas.-History:...

    
    

11. Sancti Spíritus Province
    Sancti Spíritus Province
    Sancti Spíritus is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is the identically named Sancti Spíritus. Another major city is Trinidad.The southern coast of the province is flat, but the western portion of Sancti Spíritus province is mountainous. The southeast has numerous mangroves and swamps...
    
    

    Capital: Sancti Spíritus

12. Santiago de Cuba Province
    Santiago de Cuba Province
    Santiago de Cuba Province is the second most populated province in the island of Cuba. The largest city Santiago de Cuba is the main administrative center...
    
    

    Capital: Santiago de Cuba

    Santiago de Cuba

    Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city of Cuba and capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island, some south-east of the Cuban capital of Havana....

    
    

13. Las Tunas Province
    Las Tunas Province
    Las Tunas is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns include Puerto Padre and Amancio, as well as the capital, Victoria de Las Tunas ....
    
    

    Capital: Victoria de Las Tunas

    Victoria de Las Tunas

    Victoria de las Tunas is a city and municipality in central-eastern Cuba. It is the capital of the Las Tunas Province.The municipality is divided into the barrios of Primero, Segundo, Antonio Machado, Arenas, Caisimú, Cauto del Paso, Cuaba, Curana, Dumañuecos, Ojo de Agua, Oriente, Palmarito,...

    
    

14. Villa Clara Province
    Villa Clara Province
    Villa Clara is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is located in the central region of the island bordering with the Atlantic at north, Matanzas Province by west, Sancti Spiritus by east, and Cienfuegos on the South. Villa Clara shares with Cienfuegos and Sancti Spiritus on the south the Escambray...
    
    

    Capital: Santa Clara

    Santa Clara, Cuba

    Santa Clara is the capital city of the Cuban province of Villa Clara. It is located in the most central region of the province and almost in the most central region of the country.- History :Santa Clara was founded by 175 people on July 15th, 1689...

    
    

Municipalities of Cuba

• Capital of Cuba: Havana
• Cities of Cuba

Government and politics of Cuba

Main article: Government of Cuba and Politics of Cuba

Politics of Cuba

Cuba is constitutionally defined as a "socialist state guided by the principles of José Martí, and the political ideas of Marx, the father of communist states, Engels and Lenin." The present Constitution also ascribes the role of the Communist Party of Cuba to be the "leading force of society and...

• [
• Socialist State,with national Parliament.
• Capital of Cuba: Havana

• Corruption in Cuba
  Corruption in Cuba
  Corruption is a problem in Cuba, according to surveys such as the Corruption Perceptions Index.The state ownership has contributed to rampant corruption. The book Corruption in Cuba says that "As in other former socialist countries, when given opportunity, few citizens hesitate to steal from the...
  
  

• Cuban exile
  Cuban exile
  The term "Cuban exile" refers to the many Cubans who have sought alternative political or economic conditions outside the island, dating back to the Ten Years' War and the struggle for Cuban independence during the 19th century...
  
  
• Elections in Cuba
  Elections in Cuba
  Elections in Cuba involves nomination of municipal candidates by voters in nomination assemblies, nomination of provincial and national candidates by candidacy commissions, voting by secret ballot, and recall elections....
  
  
  • (specific elections)
• Political movements in Cuba
  • Cuban dissident movement
  • Liberalism in Cuba
    Liberalism in Cuba
    This article gives an overview of liberalism in Cuba. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ means a reference to another party in that scheme...
    
    
• Political parties in Cuba
  • Governing political party: Communist Party of Cuba
    Communist Party of Cuba
    The Communist Party of Cuba is the governing political party in Cuba. It is a communist party of the Marxist-Leninist model. The Cuban constitution ascribes the role of the Party to be the "leading force of society and of the state"...
    
    
• Political scandals of Cuba
• Taxation in Cuba

Executive branch of the government of Cuba

• Head of state
  Head of State
  A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
  
   and head of government
  Head of government
  Head of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled prime minister, chief minister, premier, etc...
  
  : President of Cuba
  President of Cuba
  --209.174.31.28 18:43, 22 November 2011 The President of Cuba is the Head of state of Cuba. According to the Cuban Constitution of 1976, the President is the chief executive of the Council of State of Cuba...
  
  , Raúl Castro
  Raúl Castro
  Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz is a Cuban politician and revolutionary who has been President of the Council of State of Cuba and the President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba since 2008; he previously exercised presidential powers in an acting capacity from 2006 to 2008...
  
  
• Cabinet of Cuba: Council of Ministers of Cuba
  Council of Ministers of Cuba
  The Cabinet of Cuba is the highest ranking executive and administrative body of the Republic of Cuba, and constitutes the nation's government...
  
  
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cuba)
    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the Cuban government ministry which oversees the foreign relations of Cuba....
    
    
• Council of State of Cuba
  Council of State of Cuba
  The Council of State of Cuba is a 31-member body of the government of Cuba, elected by the National Assembly of People’s Power. It has the authority to exercise most legislative power between sessions of the National Assembly of People’s Power, subject to its approval, and to call the National...
  
  

Judicial branch of the government of Cuba

• Supreme Court of Cuba
  Supreme Court of Cuba
  The People's Supreme Court is the highest body of judicial power in Cuba. It is elected by, and accountable to, the National Assembly of People’s Power...
  
  
• Legal profession in Cuba

Foreign relations of Cuba

• International Committee for Democracy in Cuba
  International Committee for Democracy in Cuba
  The International Committee for Democracy in Cuba was created in September 2003 as "a response to the latest brutal crackdown by the Cuban government in the spring of that year against those pushing for democratic reforms, freedom of speech and adherence to international human rights...
  
  
• Diplomatic missions (embassies)
  • Diplomatic missions in Cuba
  • Diplomatic missions of Cuba
    Diplomatic missions of Cuba
    This is a list of diplomatic missions of Cuba, excluding honorary consulates. Cuba has a large global diplomatic presence.-Europe:** Vienna ** Baku ** Minsk ** Brussels ** Sofia ** Prague...
    
    
• Foreign relations, by country
  • Cuba–Russia relations
    Cuba–Russia relations
    Cuba-Russia relations reflect the political, economic and cultural exchanges between Cuba and Russia. These countries have had close cooperation since the days of the Soviet Union. Russia has an embassy in Havana and a consulate-general in Santiago de Cuba...
    
    
  • People's Republic of China – Cuba relations
  • United States-Cuba relations
    • CIA activities in Cuba
      CIA activities in Cuba
      -Cuba 1956:In June, 1956, Lyman Kirkpatrick, a senior Central Intelligence Agency figure, traveled to Cuba to offer President Batista aid and assistance in the development of the Bureau Para La Represion de Actividades Comunistas , a Cuban agency established to combat the growing anti-government...
      
      
    • Cuba – United States Maritime Boundary Agreement
      Cuba – United States Maritime Boundary Agreement
      The Cuba – United States Maritime Boundary Agreement is a 1977 treaty between Cuba and the United States that set the international maritime boundary between the two states....
      
      
    • Cuban migration to Miami
      Cuban migration to Miami
      Cuban immigration has greatly characterized 20th century Miami, creating what is known as "Cuban Miami".However, Miami reflects global trends as well, such as the growing trends of multiculturalism and multiracialism; this reflects the way in which international politics shape local...
      
      
    • United States citizens granted political asylum in Cuba
    • United States embargo against Cuba
      United States embargo against Cuba
      The United States embargo against Cuba is a commercial, economic, and financial embargo partially imposed on Cuba in October 1960...
      
      
• Cuban medical internationalism
  Cuban medical internationalism
  Cuban medical internationalism is the Cuban programme, since the 1959 Cuban Revolution, of sending Cuban medical personnel overseas, particularly to Latin America, Africa and, more recently, Oceania, and of bringing medical students and patients to Cuba...
  
  

International organization membership

The Republic of Cuba is a member of:

• African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
• Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)
• Food and Agriculture Organization
  Food and Agriculture Organization
  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and...
  
   (FAO)
• Group of 77
  Group of 77
  The Group of 77 at the United Nations is a loose coalition of developing nations, designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77 founding members of the organization, but the organization has...
  
   (G77)
• International Atomic Energy Agency
  International Atomic Energy Agency
  The International Atomic Energy Agency is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957...
  
   (IAEA)
• International Chamber of Commerce
  International Chamber of Commerce
  The International Chamber of Commerce is the largest, most representative business organization in the world. Its hundreds of thousands of member companies in over 130 countries have interests spanning every sector of private enterprise....
  
   (ICC)
• International Civil Aviation Organization
  International Civil Aviation Organization
  The International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...
  
   (ICAO)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a humanitarian institution that is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement along with the ICRC and 186 distinct National Societies...
  
   (IFRCS)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development
  International Fund for Agricultural Development
  The International Fund for Agricultural Development , a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries...
  
   (IFAD)
• International Hydrographic Organization
  International Hydrographic Organization
  The International Hydrographic Organization is the inter-governmental organisation representing the hydrographic community. It enjoys observer status at the UN and is the recognised competent authority on hydrographic surveying and nautical charting...
  
   (IHO)
• International Labour Organization
  International Labour Organization
  The International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the...
  
   (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization
  International Maritime Organization
  The International Maritime Organization , formerly known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization , was established in Geneva in 1948, and came into force ten years later, meeting for the first time in 1959...
  
   (IMO)
• International Mobile Satellite Organization
  International Mobile Satellite Organization
  The International Mobile Satellite Organization is the intergovernmental organization that oversees certain public satellite safety and security communication services provided via the Inmarsat satellites...
  
   (IMSO)
• International Olympic Committee
  International Olympic Committee
  The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
  
   (IOC)
• International Organization for Migration
  International Organization for Migration
  The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization. It was initially established in 1951 as the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration to help resettle people displaced by World War II....
  
   (IOM) (observer)
• International Organization for Standardization
  International Organization for Standardization
  The International Organization for Standardization , widely known as ISO, is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Founded on February 23, 1947, the organization promulgates worldwide proprietary, industrial and commercial...
  
   (ISO)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human...
  
   (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union
  International Telecommunication Union
  The International Telecommunication Union is the specialized agency of the United Nations which is responsible for information and communication technologies...
  
   (ITU)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
  International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
  The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization is an intergovernmental organisation charged with overseeing the public service obligations of Intelsat.-External links:*...
  
   (ITSO)
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

• Latin American Economic System
  Latin American Economic System
  The Latin American and the Caribbean Economic System, officially known as Sistema Económico Latinoamericano y del Caribe , is an organization founded in 1975 to promote economic cooperation and social development between Latin American and the Caribbean countries...
  
   (LAES)
• Latin American Integration Association
  Latin American Integration Association
  The Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración is a Latin American trade integration association, based in Montevideo. Its main objective is the establishment of a common market, in pursuit of the economic and social development of the region...
  
   (LAIA)
• Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
• Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• Organization of American States
  Organization of American States
  The Organization of American States is a regional international organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States...
  
   (OAS) (sanctioned since 1962)
• Permanent Court of Arbitration
  Permanent Court of Arbitration
  The Permanent Court of Arbitration , is an international organization based in The Hague in the Netherlands.-History:The court was established in 1899 as one of the acts of the first Hague Peace Conference, which makes it the oldest institution for international dispute resolution.The creation of...
  
   (PCA)
• Unión Latina
• United Nations
  United Nations
  The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
  
   (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. It is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues....
  
   (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  The United Nations Industrial Development Organization , French/Spanish acronym ONUDI, is a specialized agency in the United Nations system, headquartered in Vienna, Austria...
  
   (UNIDO)
• United Nations Institute for Training and Research
  United Nations Institute for Training and Research
  The United Nations Institute for Training and Research was established in 1965 following a "for the training of personnel, particularly from developing Member States, for administrative and operational assignments with the United Nations and the specialized agencies, both at Headquarters and in...
  
   (UNITAR)
• Universal Postal Union
  Universal Postal Union
  The Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to the worldwide postal system. The UPU contains four bodies consisting of the Congress, the Council of Administration , the Postal Operations Council and the...
  
   (UPU)
• World Confederation of Labour
  World Confederation of Labour
  The World Confederation of Labour was an international labour organization founded in 1920 and based in Europe. Totalitarian governments of the 1930s repressed the federation and imprisoned many of its leaders, limiting operations until the end of World War II...
  
   (WCL)
• World Customs Organization
  World Customs Organization
  The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. With its worldwide membership, the WCO is recognized as the voice of the global customs community...
  
   (WCO)
• World Federation of Trade Unions
  World Federation of Trade Unions
  The World Federation of Trade Unions was established in 1945 to replace the International Federation of Trade Unions. Its mission was to bring together trade unions across the world in a single international organization, much like the United Nations...
  
   (WFTU)
• World Health Organization
  World Health Organization
  The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
  
   (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization
  World Intellectual Property Organization
  The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....
  
   (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization
  World Meteorological Organization
  The World Meteorological Organization is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 189 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization , which was founded in 1873...
  
   (WMO)
• World Tourism Organization
  World Tourism Organization
  The World Tourism Organization , based in Madrid, Spain, is a United Nations agency dealing with questions relating to tourism. It compiles the World Tourism rankings. The World Tourism Organization is a significant global body, concerned with the collection and collation of statistical information...
  
   (UNWTO)
• World Trade Organization
  World Trade Organization
  The World Trade Organization is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , which commenced in 1948...
  
   (WTO)

Law and order in Cuba

• Capital punishment in Cuba
  Capital punishment in Cuba
  The use of capital punishment in Cuba has declined in recent years, although sources suggest over 4,000 people have been executed on the island since the Cuban Revolution, essentially all through firing squad...
  
  
• Constitution of Cuba
  Constitution of Cuba
  Since attaining its independence from Spain, Cuba has had five constitutions. The current constitution was drafted in 1976 and has since been amended.-1901 Constitution:The 1901 Constitution was Cuba's first as an independent state...
  
  
• Crime in Cuba
• Human rights in Cuba
  Human rights in Cuba
  Human Rights Watch is among international human rights organizations accusing the Cuban government of systematic human rights abuses, including torture, arbitrary imprisonment, unfair trials, and extrajudicial execution....
  
  
  • Censorship in Cuba
    Censorship in Cuba
    Censorship in Cuba has been reported on extensively, and resulted in European Union sanctions as well as statements of protest from groups, governments, and noted individuals....
    
    
  • LGBT rights in Cuba
    LGBT rights in Cuba
    Private, non-commercial sexual relations between same-sex consenting adult 16 and over have been legal in Cuba since 1979, although same-sex relationships are not presently recognized by the state as a possible marriage. Despite elements of homophobia in Cuba's history, Havana now has a lively and...
    
    
    • Recognition of same-sex unions in Cuba
      Recognition of same-sex unions in Cuba
      Currently, Cuba does not recognize same-sex marriage, civil unions, or any other form of status for same-sex couples. A civil union proposal was first made in 2007, though was never brought up for a vote...
      
      
  • Freedom of religion in Cuba
• Law enforcement in Cuba
  Law enforcement in Cuba
  Law enforcement in Cuba is the responsibility of the National Revolutionary Police Force under the administration of the Cuban Ministry of the Interior...
  
  

Military of Cuba

Main article: Military of Cuba

Military of Cuba

The Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces consist of ground forces, naval forces, air and air defence forces, and other paramilitary bodies including the Territorial Troops Militia , Revolutionary Armed Forces , and Youth Labor Army .The armed forces has long been the...

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief
    Commander-in-Chief
    A commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
    
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    • Ministry of Defence of Cuba
• Forces
  • Army of Cuba
  • Navy of Cuba
  • Air Force of Cuba
  • Special forces of Cuba
• Military history of Cuba
  Military history of Cuba
  The Military history of Cuba begins with the island's conquest by the Spanish and its battles afterward to gain its independence. Since the Communist takeover by Fidel Castro in 1959, Cuba has been involved with many major conflicts of the Cold War in Africa and Latin America where it had supported...
  
  
• Military ranks of Cuba

History of Cuba

Main article: History of Cuba

History of Cuba

The known history of Cuba, the largest of the Caribbean islands, predates Christopher Columbus' sighting of the island during his first voyage of discovery on 27 October 1492...

, Timeline of the history of Cuba, and Current events of Cuba

By period

• Chronology of Colonial Cuba
  Chronology of Colonial Cuba
  The brief historical Chronology of the colonial time of Cuba is about the Spanish colonial period in Cuba, and the efforts to obtain independence from the Spanish Empire...
  
  
• Cuban Revolution
  Cuban Revolution
  The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement against the regime of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista between 1953 and 1959. Batista was finally ousted on 1 January 1959, and was replaced by a revolutionary government led by Castro...
  
  
  • Timeline of the Cuban Revolution
    Timeline of the Cuban Revolution
    The Cuban Revolution was the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista’s regime by the 26th of July Movement and the establishment of a new Cuban government led by Fidel Castro in 1959...
    
    
• Cuba – Soviet Union relations
  • Cuban Missile Crisis
    Cuban Missile Crisis
    The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation among the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States in October 1962, during the Cold War...
    
    
  • Cuban sugar economy
    Cuban sugar economy
    The Cuban sugar economy is the principal agricultural economy in Cuba. In two years after World War II, the price of sugar in Cuba went from 4 cents a pound to more than 20 cents a pound. It soon experience a bust as the European economy reprospered after the war, and it's prices went below four...
    
    

By region

• History of Cuba's provinces
  • History of Granma Province
  • History of Guantánamo Province
  • History of Havana
  • History of Holguín Province
  • History of Pinar del Río Province
  • History of Sancti Spíritus Province
  • History of Santiago de Cuba Province
  • History of Villa Clara Province

By subject

• Anarchism in Cuba
  Anarchism in Cuba
  Anarchism as a social movement in Cuba held great influence with the working classes during the 19th and early 20th century. The movement was particularly strong following the abolition of slavery in 1886, until it was repressed first in 1925 by President Gerardo Machado, and finally by Fidel...
  
  
• Economic history of Cuba
  • Dollar store
    Dollar store (Cuba)
    During the period from 1993 to 2004 when the United States dollar was legal tender in Cuba, government-owned shops that exchanged solely in hard currency originally mainly to foreigners were colloquially called "Dollar stores"...
    
    
  • Cuban sugar economy
    Cuban sugar economy
    The Cuban sugar economy is the principal agricultural economy in Cuba. In two years after World War II, the price of sugar in Cuba went from 4 cents a pound to more than 20 cents a pound. It soon experience a bust as the European economy reprospered after the war, and it's prices went below four...
    
    
• Military history of Cuba
  Military history of Cuba
  The Military history of Cuba begins with the island's conquest by the Spanish and its battles afterward to gain its independence. Since the Communist takeover by Fidel Castro in 1959, Cuba has been involved with many major conflicts of the Cold War in Africa and Latin America where it had supported...
  
  
• History of Cuban Nationality
  History of Cuban Nationality
  For most of its history, Cuba has been controlled by foreign powers. The Spanish Colonial period lasted from approximately 1511-1898. The United States governed the nation from 1898–1902, and would intervene in national affairs until the abolishment of the Platt Amendment in 1935...
  
  

Culture of Cuba

Main article: Culture of Cuba

Culture of Cuba

The culture of Cuba is a complex mixture of different, often contrasting, factors and influences. Cuba is a meeting point of European, African and continental North American cultures; little of the original Amerindian culture survives. Since 1959, the Cuban Revolution has also greatly affected...

• Architecture of Cuba
  • Forts in Cuba
    • Castillo de Jagua
      Castillo de Jagua
      The Jagua Fortress is a fortress south of Cienfuegos in Cuba. It is located near the entrance to the Bay of Cienfuegos , in the port of Jagua.The fortress was erected by Spanish king Philip V...
      
      
    • Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca
      Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca
      The Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca is a fortress on the coast of the Cuban city of Santiago de Cuba...
      
      
    • Castillo de la Real Fuerza
      Castillo de la Real Fuerza
      The Castillo de la Real Fuerza is a fortress on the western side of the harbour in Havana, Cuba, set back from the entrance, and bordering the Plaza de Armas. Originally built to defend against attack by pirates, it suffered from a poor strategic position too far inside the bay...
      
      
    • La Cabaña
      La Cabaña
      The Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña, known as La Cabaña , is an 18th-century fortress complex, the biggest in the Americas, located on the elevated eastern side of the harbor entrance in Havana, Cuba...
      
      
    • Morro Castle
      Morro Castle (fortress)
      Morro Castle is a picturesque fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay in Havana, Euta. Juan Bautista Antonelli, an Italian engineer, was commissioned to design the structure. When it was built in 1589, Euta was under the control of Germany...
      
      
    • San Salvador de la Punta Fortress
      San Salvador de la Punta Fortress
      San Salvador de la Punta Fortress is a fortress in the bay of Havana, Cuba.La Punta, just like El Morro was designed to protect the entrance to the Havana Bay that became an important and strategic entranceway to the harbor since the settlement of the town. The nonstop landings of corsairs in the...
      
      
• Cuisine of Cuba
  • Cuba Libre
    Cuba Libre
    The Cuba Libre is a highball made of cola, lime, and white rum. This highball is often referred to as a Rum and Coke in the United States, Canada, the UK and Ireland, where the lime juice is optional.-History:...
    
    
  • Cuban sandwich
    Cuban sandwich
    A Cuban sandwich is a variation of a ham and cheese originally created in cafes catering to Cuban workers in Cuba and in the early Cuban immigrant communities of Florida: Key West and Ybor City, Tampa. Later on, Cuban exiles and expatriates brought it to Miami where it is also still very popular...
    
    
• Ethnic minorities in Cuba
• Festivals in Cuba
• Humor in Cuba
• Languages of Cuba
• Media in Cuba
• Museums in Cuba
  • Museo del Aire
    Museo del Aire (Cuba)
    The Museo del Aire was a national aviation museum located in the south-western suburbs of Havana, Cuba. Until August 2010, the Museum address was: Museo del Aire, Avenida 212, entre la avenida 29 y 31, La Coronela, La Lisa...
    
    
• National symbols of Cuba
  • Coat of arms of Cuba
    Coat of arms of Cuba
    The Cuban Coat of Arms is the official heraldic symbol of Cuba. It consists of a shield, in front of a Fasces crowned by the Phrygian Cap, all supported by an oak branch on one side and a laurel wreath on the other...
    
    
  • Flag of Cuba
    Flag of Cuba
    The flag of Cuba was adopted on May 20, 1902, containing a field with three blue stripes and two white stripes, and a red equilateral triangle at the hoist with a white 5-pointed star....
    
    
  • National anthem of Cuba
• People of Cuba
  • Ethnic minorities in Cuba
    • Chinese Cuban
      Chinese Cuban
      A Chinese Cuban is a Cuban of Chinese ancestry who was born in or has immigrated to Cuba. They are part of the ethnic Chinese diaspora .-History:...
      
      s
    • Afro-Cuban
      Afro-Cuban
      The term Afro-Cuban refers to Cubans of Sub Saharan African ancestry, and to historical or cultural elements in Cuba thought to emanate from this community...
      
      s
    • Jewbans
  • Women in Cuba
    Women in Cuba
    In Cuba women have equal constitutional rights as men in the economic, political, cultural and social fields, as well as in the family. According to article 44 of the Cuban Constitution, the state guarantees women the same opportunities and possibilities as men, in order to achieve woman’s full...
    
    
• Prostitution in Cuba
• Public holidays in Cuba
• Racism in Cuba
  Racism in Cuba
  Racism in Cuba refers to racial discrimination against Afro-Cuban or mulatto communities.-Background:The Cuban census reports that 65% of the population is white while foreign figures report an estimate of the number of whites at anywhere from 20 to 35 percent...
  
  
• Records of Cuba
• Scouting and Guiding in Cuba
• World Heritage Sites in Cuba

Art in Cuba

• Art in Cuba
  Cuban Art
  Cuban art is a very diverse cultural blend of African, European and North American design reflecting the diverse demographic of the island. Cuban artists embraced European modernism and the early part of the 20th century saw a growth in Cuban vanguardism movements, these movements were...
  
  
  • List of Cuban artists
• Cinema of Cuba
  Cinema of Cuba
  Cinema arrived in Cuba at the beginning of the 20th century. Before the Cuban Revolution of 1959, about 80 full-length films were produced in Cuba. Most of these films were melodramas...
  
  
  • List of Cuban films
• Dance in Cuba
  Dance in Cuba
  Cuban dance with Cuban rhythms is a distinctive style known throughout Latin America. Traditional Cuban music has its roots in African culture. Cuban dances include Son, Danzón, Danzonete, Cha-cha, Mambo and others. Cuba has many dances that originated in the country, and which are still alive...
  
  
  • Cuban National Ballet
• Literature of Cuba
  • List of Cuban writers
• Music of Cuba
  Music of Cuba
  The Caribbean island of Cuba has developed a wide range of creolized musical styles, based on its cultural origins in Europe and Africa. Since the 19th century its music has been hugely popular and influential throughout the world...
  
  
  • Cuban folk music
    Cuban folk music
    Cuban folk music is very diverse and has been influenced by Spanish people, slaves from Africa and the remaining indigenous population of the Caribbean.- Classification of genres :...
    
    
  • Cuban jazz
  • Cuban rock
    Cuban rock
    Rock and roll in Cuba began in the late 1950s, with artists covering American songs translated into Spanish, as was occurring in Mexico at the same time...
    
    
  • Early Cuban bands
    Early Cuban bands
    Early Cuban bands played popular music for dances and theatres during the period 1780–1930. During this period Cuban music became creolized, and its European and African origins gradually changed to become genuinely Cuban. Instrumentation and music continually developed during this period...
    
    
  • National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba
    National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba
    National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba is Cuba's National Symphony Orchestra founded in October 1959.On November 11, 1960, the national symphony orchestra realized its first public performance with a concert in the Teatro Auditórium de La Habana of that time, now the Teatro Amadeo Roldán...
    
    
• Television in Cuba
• Theatre in Cuba
  • Cuban musical theatre
    Cuban musical theatre
    Cuban musical theatre has its own distinctive style and history. From the 18th century to modern times, popular theatrical performances included music and often dance as well. Many composers and musicians had their careers launched in the theatres, and many compositions got their first airing on...
    
    
  • National Theater of Cuba
    National Theater of Cuba
    The National Theater of Cuba is a theater in Havana, Cuba, establish September 3, 1979, with a function of gala for the delegations assistants to the VI Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement celebrated in Havana in that year...
    
    

Religion in Cuba

• Christianity in Cuba
  Christianity in Cuba
  Christianity is a religion active also in Cuba.From 1959 to 1961 eighty percent of the professional Catholic priests and Protestant ministers of Cuban churches left Cuba for the United States...
  
  
  • Episcopal Church of Cuba
  • Protestantism in Cuba
    Protestantism in Cuba
    -Overview:While Protestants arrived in the island of Cuba early in its colonial days, most of their churches did not flourish until the twentieth century with the assistance of American missionaries...
    
    
  • Roman Catholicism in Cuba
    Roman Catholicism in Cuba
    The Roman Catholic Church in Cuba is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome....
    
    
• Hinduism in Cuba
• Islam in Cuba
  Islam in Cuba
  According to a 2009 Pew Research Center report, there are 9,000 Muslims in Cuba who constitute 0.1% of the population.At a certain point there were many Muslim students entering the nation of Cuba interested in studying at Cuba's prestigious schools. The amount of students was approximately...
  
  
• Judaism in Cuba

In general

• Cuba at the Olympics
  • Cuban Olympic Committee
    Cuban Olympic Committee
    The Cuban Olympic Committee ' is the organization that represents Cuban athletes in the International Olympic Committee , the Pan American Games and the Central American and Caribbean Games. It was created in Havana in 1926, however it was not formally recognized by the IOC until 1954...
    
    
  • List of Olympic medalists for Cuba
• Cuban athletes
• Cuban records in athletics
  Cuban records in athletics
  The following are the national records in athletics in Cuba maintained by its national athletics federation: Federación Cubana de Atletismo .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to longer distance# = not officially ratified by IAAF...
  
  
• Cuba at the Pan American Games
  Cuba at the Pan American Games
  -Medal count:...
  
  

By sport

• Baseball in Cuba
  Baseball in Cuba
  Baseball is the official sport of Cuba.-The Early years :Baseball was introduced to Cuba in the 1860s by Cuban students returning from colleges in the United States and American sailors who ported in the country...
  
  
  • Cuban national baseball system
• Basketball in Cuba
  • Cuba national basketball team
    Cuba national basketball team
    The Cuba national basketball team is the national basketball team from Cuba. Cuba won the bronze medal at 1972 Summer Olympics and the 4th place 1974 FIBA World Championship...
    
    
  • Cuba women's national basketball team
    Cuba women's national basketball team
    Cuba women's national basketball team represents Cuba in international basketball competitions for women.-Olympic Games:* 1980: 5th place* 1992: 4th place* 1996: 6th place* 2000: 9th place* 2004: did not qualify...
    
    
• Cricket in Cuba
  • Cuba national cricket team
• Football in Cuba
  • Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba
    Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba
    The Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba is the official governing body of the sport of football in Cuba including the Cuban National Team. The league is composed of one professional division with total of 8 teams....
    
    
    • Cuba national football team
      Cuba national football team
      The Cuba national football team is the national team of Cuba and is controlled by the Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba. They are affiliated to the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF....
      
      
  • Handball in Cuba
    • Cuba national handball team
      Cuba national handball team
      The Cuba national handball team is the national handball team of Cuba and is controlled by the Cuban Handball Association. The team participated in the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship....
      
      
  • Rugby in Cuba
    • Rugby union in Cuba
  • Volleyball in Cuba
    • Cuba men's national volleyball team
      Cuba men's national volleyball team
      The Cuba men's national volleyball team is the national team of Cuba.-Team:Team for the Volleyball World League 2010.Coach : Orlando Samuels -Achievements:*Volleyball World Championship ...
      
      
    • Cuba women's national volleyball team
      Cuba women's national volleyball team
      The Cuba women's national volleyball team is the national team of Cuba.Cuba women's national volleyball team was the first team to break the USSR's and Japan's domination in the world women's volleyball by winning the 1978 World Women's Volleyball Championship.Cuba women's national volleyball team...
      
      

Economy and infrastructure of Cuba

Main article: Economy of Cuba

Economy of Cuba

The economy of Cuba is a largely centrally planned economy dominated by state-run enterprises overseen by the Cuban government, though there remains significant foreign investment and private enterprise in Cuba...

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 68th (sixty-eighth)

• Agriculture in Cuba
  • Agricultural cooperatives
    • CPA (Cooperativa de Producción Agropecuaria)
      CPA (agriculture)
      A CPA , or Agricultural Production Cooperative, is a type of agricultural cooperative that exists in Cuba today.- History of CPAs :...
      
      
    • UBPC - 'Unidad Básica de Producción Cooperativa', or Basic Unit of Cooperative Production
      UBPC
      A UBPC , or Basic Unit of Cooperative Production, is a type of agricultural cooperative that exists in Cuba.- History of the UBPCs :...
      
      
• Banking in Cuba
  Banking in Cuba
  This article discusses banking in Cuba and gives an overview of the recent past. For details on the Cuban economy in general, see economy of Cuba.-History:...
  
  
  • Central Bank of Cuba
    Central Bank of Cuba
    The Central Bank of Cuba is the central bank of Cuba. It was created in 1997, to take over many of the functions of the National Bank of Cuba...
    
    
  • List of banks in Cuba
• Communications in Cuba
  Communications in Cuba
  Telecommunications in Cuba consists mainly of NTSC analog television, analog radio, telephony, AMPS, D-AMPS, and GSM mobile telephony, and the Internet. Telephone service is provided through ETECSA, mobile telephone service is provided through the Cellular Telephone Company of Cuba and Caribbean...
  
  
  • Internet in Cuba
    Internet in Cuba
    The Internet in Cuba has stagnated since its introduction in the 1990's for three major reasons:* the U.S. embargo, which delayed an undersea cable and made computers, routers, and other equipment expensive and difficult to obtain....
    
    
• Companies of Cuba

• Currency of Cuba
  Currency
  In economics, currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
  
  : Convertible Peso
  Cuban convertible peso
  The convertible peso , is one of two official currencies in Cuba, the other being the peso. It has been in limited use since 1994, when it was treated as equivalent to the U.S. dollar: its value was officially US$1.00. On November 8, 2004, the U.S...
  
   / Peso
  Cuban peso
  The peso is one of two official currencies in use in Cuba, the other being the convertible peso...
  
  
  • ISO 4217
    ISO 4217
    ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Standards Organization, which delineates currency designators, country codes , and references to minor units in three tables:* Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list...
    
    : CUP
    CUP
    The acronym CUP may refer to:* California University of Pennsylvania* Cambridge University Press* Canadian University Press, the press association of Canadian student newspapers* Candidatures d'Unitat Popular, a Catalan nationalist movement...
    
    

• Economic history of Cuba
• Energy in Cuba
  • Energy policy of Cuba
  • Oil industry in Cuba
• Mining in Cuba
  • Oil reserves in Cuba
    Oil reserves in Cuba
    A 2004 joint partnership between a Spanish oil company and Cuba's state oil company estimated Cuba's off-shore reserves to be able to ultimately produce between 4.6 and 9.3...
    
    
• Rationing in Cuba
  Rationing in Cuba
  Rationing in Cuba refers to the system of food distribution known in Cuba as the Libreta de Abastecimiento . The system establishes the rations each person is allowed to buy through that system, and the frequency of supplies....
  
  
• Tourism in Cuba
  Tourism in Cuba
  Tourism in Cuba attracts over 2 million people a year, and is one of the main sources of revenue for the island. With its favorable climate, beaches, colonial architecture and distinct cultural history, Cuba has long been an attractive destination for tourists...
  
  
• Transport in Cuba
• Water privatization in Cuba
  Water privatization in Cuba
  Water privatization in Cuba began in 2000 when the socialist government of Cuba signed a 25-year concession contract with a private company to manage the water and sewer system in 12 of the 15 municipalities that make up the country's capital Havana. The company, called Aguas de la Habana, is...
  
  

• Cuba Stock Exchange

Education in Cuba

Main article: Education in Cuba

Education in Cuba

Education in Cuba has been a highly ranked system for many years. The University of Havana was founded in 1727 and there are a number of other well-established colleges and universities. Following the 1959 revolution, the Castro government nationalized all educational institutions, and created a...

• Universities in Cuba

Infrastructure of Cuba

• • Cuba Emergency Response System
    Cuba Emergency Response System
    The Cuba Emergency Response System is warning system for potentially dangerous weather events that strike Cuba. -Hurricane Dennis and Hurricane Ivan:...
    
    
  • Internet in Cuba
    Internet in Cuba
    The Internet in Cuba has stagnated since its introduction in the 1990's for three major reasons:* the U.S. embargo, which delayed an undersea cable and made computers, routers, and other equipment expensive and difficult to obtain....
    
    
  • Newspapers in Cuba
  • Telephone numbers in Cuba
    Telephone numbers in Cuba
    Country Code: +53International Call Prefix: 119Telephone numbers in Cuba all have the same format, consisting of the country code , followed by an area code.Phone numbers in Cuba have 8 digits...
    
    
  • Television in Cuba
• Energy in Cuba
• Health care in Cuba
  • Hospitals in Cuba
• Transportation in Cuba
  Transportation in Cuba
  Transportation in Cuba is composed of a system of railways, roads, airports, waterways, ports and harbours:-Railways:* total: 11,968 km * standard gauge: 4,226 km gauge...
  
  
  • Airports in Cuba
  • Rail transport in Cuba
    • Ferrocarriles de Cuba
      Ferrocarriles de Cuba
      Ferrocarriles de Cuba or Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Cuba , the only railway operating in the Caribbean islands, provides passenger and freight services for Cuba.-Route Network:...
      
      
  • Road transport in Cuba
    • Roads in Cuba
      • Carretera Central
    • Vehicle registration plates of Cuba
      Vehicle registration plates of Cuba
      The current vehicle registration plate system of Cuba was introduced in 2002.-Identification:Cuban licence plates contain three letters and three numbers. The colour of plates is also an important identification element...
      
      
• Water supply and sanitation in Cuba
  Water supply and sanitation in Cuba
  Water supply and sanitation in Cuba is characterized by a high level of access, but at limited quality of service. A state-owned enterprise is in charge or providing services throughout the country within the country's socialist, centrally planned Cuban economic system...
  
  
  • Water privatization in Cuba
    Water privatization in Cuba
    Water privatization in Cuba began in 2000 when the socialist government of Cuba signed a 25-year concession contract with a private company to manage the water and sewer system in 12 of the 15 municipalities that make up the country's capital Havana. The company, called Aguas de la Habana, is...
    
    

See also

• Index of Cuba-related articles
• List of international rankings
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of geography
  Outline of geography
  The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
  
  
• Outline of North America

External links

• BBC: Cuba: Key Facts
• Granma — International edition of Communist Party of Cuba Newspaper
• Cuba Web Directory — Links directory on Cuba.
• Government of Cuba
• Cuban News Agency
• Cuba Web Photos — Discover Cuba on Photos.
• The Cuban Rafter Phenomenon: A Unique Sea Exodus — University of Miami site