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THE PEOPLE

10,999,041 (July 1997)
13.21/1,000 (1997)
7.42/1,000 (1997)
8/1,000 (1997)
1.54 Children Born/Woman
75.2 Years
72.83
77.71
1.0 Male/Female

51%
37%
11%
1%
Roman Catholic, Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, Santeria
98.5%


44,218 Square Miles
3,735 Miles
777 Miles
18 to 120 Miles, 50 is Average
Over 4,000
21 30 North, 80 00 West
Pico Turquino, 2,005 M

24%
7%
27%
24%
18%
Hurricanes and Droughts



Republic of Cuba
Havana
CU
Socialist
May 20, 1902
February 24, 1976
Universal at 16 Years Old
Fidel Castro
National Assembly
Based on American, Spanish, and Communist Legal Ideas
People's Supreme Court
Cuban Communist Party


$16.2 Billion
7.8% (1996)
$1,480

7%
31%
62%
4.71 Million
$3.5 Billion
$2.1 Billion
$30.5 Billion
Sugar, Tobacco, Nickel, Biotechnology, Tourism, Citrus

6,060,993
3,757,909
17
4% of GDP


229,000
2.14 Million (1993)
2.5 Million (1993)
58


4,677 km
27,100 km
240 km
22
162

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