Cuba

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Country: Cuba (the Republic of Cuba)

Capital: Havana

Native Language: Spanish

Population: 11,061,886 (July 2013 est.)

Ethnic Group: white 65.1%, mulatto and mestizo 24.8%, black 10.1% (2002 census)

National Holiday: 1 January (1959)

Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jewish, Santeria

Production: Sugar, tobacco, citrus, rice,potato, cassava, tropical fruits

1492 Cuba was found by Christopher Columbus

1511 Cuba became Spanish colony.

1902-1959  Independence

        Fulgencio Batista was the elected President of Cuba from 1940 to 1944, and dictator from 1952 to 1959

1959 Cuba Revolution

Reference

  1. Cia.gov. 2014. The World Factbook. [online] Available at: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.html
  2. Wikipedia. 2014. Cuba. [online] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba

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