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★ Cuba Travel Guide
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Cuba Factsheet
Geography |
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Surface area: |
109,884 sqkm (42,426 sqmi) |
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Highest point: |
Pico Turquino 1,974 m (6,476 ft) |
Lowest point: |
Caribbean Sea 0 m (0 ft) |
Time zone(s): |
CST (UTC−5) CDT (UTC−4) - Summer DST |
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Population & languages |
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Total population: |
11.21 million |
Population density: |
102/sqkm (264/sqmi) |
Ethnicities, nationalities, races: |
64 % White, 27 % Mulatto, 9% Black |
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Official language(s): |
Spanish |
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Other local language(s): |
... |
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Widely-spoken language(s): |
... |
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Religions: |
60 % Roman-Catholic, 5 % Protestants, 11 % others (African religions, Buddhists etc.), 24% atheists |
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Cities, towns: |
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Capital(s): |
Havana/La Habana (2.1 million) |
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Other big cities: |
Santiago de Cuba (509,000 central; 1,05 million metro) Camagüey (322,000) Holguíin (342,000) Santa Clara (242,000) |
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Airlines & airports: |
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Major airports: |
Havana: José Martí International Airport Varadero: Juna Gualberto Gómez Airport Santiago de Cuba: Antonio Maceo Airport Santa Clara: Abel Santamaría Airport Cienfuegos: Jaime González Airport |
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Major airlines: |
Cubana de Aviación, Aerocaribbean, Sunwing Airlines, Air Transat, Aeroflot, Condor, Air Canada, LOT - Polish Airlines, American Airlines, Aerogaviota, Sun Country Airlines, Copa Airlines, TAME, KLM... |
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Economy, currencies |
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Currency(-es): |
Cuban peso (CUP) and Cuban convertible peso (CUC) |
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GDP(nominal): |
78 billion USD |
GDP/capita (nominal): |
6,985 USD |
Primary export goods: |
Tobacco and cigars, nickel, medicines, raw sugar beet and cane, alcoholic beverages, cement ... |
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Other important facts & data: |
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Electric system: |
110 V @ 60 Hz 240 V @ 50 Hz |
Plugs/connectors: |
A, B, C, L |
Internet TLD: |
.cu |
Calling code/prefix: |
+53 |
Driving system: |
Right-rand drive |
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Escape Hunter, the young solo traveler in his early 30's explores the World driven by curiosity, thirst for adventure, deep passion for beauty, love for freedom and diversity.
With a nuanced, even humorous approach to travel, an obsession for art and design, Escape Hunter prefers to travel slowly, in order to learn and "soak up" the local atmosphere...