{"id":323201,"date":"2025-01-13T17:05:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T11:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=323201"},"modified":"2025-01-13T17:05:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T11:35:56","slug":"key-facts-about-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Key facts about Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>News:<\/strong> India sends humanitarian assistance to Cuba following Hurricane Rafael.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">About Cuba<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_323214\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323214\" style=\"width: 545px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-323214 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cuba-Map.png?resize=545%2C343&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cuba\" width=\"545\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cuba-Map.png?w=1224&amp;ssl=1 1224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cuba-Map.png?resize=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cuba-Map.png?resize=1024%2C645&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cuba-Map.png?resize=768%2C484&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-323214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- WorldAtlas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cuba is the <strong><em>largest island country situated in the north-western Caribbean<\/em><\/strong> at the meeting point\u00a0of the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Capital of Cuba is <em><strong>Havana.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Havana is largest city of Cuba, a major port and an important economic, commercial and industrial hub of Cuba.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">It has the <em><strong>third highest population in the Caribbean<\/strong><\/em> after Haiti and Dominian Republic.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong><em>Neighbouring countries<\/em><\/strong> of Cuba are the United States, Bahamas, Mexico, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cuba shares its <em><strong>maritime borders<\/strong><\/em> with the US, Haiti, Honduras, Bahamas, Jamaica and Mexico.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Some of the <strong><em>prominent rivers<\/em><\/strong> of Cuba are Cauto, Toa, Yumuri and Guama.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Important <em><strong>natural resources<\/strong><\/em> in Cuba include coal, nickel, iron ore, petroleum.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India sends humanitarian assistance to Cuba following Hurricane Rafael.\u00a0 About Cuba Cuba is the largest island country situated in the north-western Caribbean at the meeting point\u00a0of the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.\u00a0 Capital of Cuba is Havana.\u00a0 Havana is largest city of Cuba, a major port and an important economic,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-cuba\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Key facts about 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