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