News: India sends humanitarian assistance to Cuba following Hurricane Rafael.
About Cuba
- Cuba is the largest island country situated in the north-western Caribbean at the meeting point of the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
- Capital of Cuba is Havana.
- Havana is largest city of Cuba, a major port and an important economic, commercial and industrial hub of Cuba.
- It has the third highest population in the Caribbean after Haiti and Dominian Republic.
- Neighbouring countries of Cuba are the United States, Bahamas, Mexico, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.
- Cuba shares its maritime borders with the US, Haiti, Honduras, Bahamas, Jamaica and Mexico.
- Some of the prominent rivers of Cuba are Cauto, Toa, Yumuri and Guama.
- Important natural resources in Cuba include coal, nickel, iron ore, petroleum.
