Presentation of the country in brief
- Official name: Republic of Cuba
- Nature of the scheme: Socialist one-party system
- Head of State: Miguel Diaz-Canel
- First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party (CCP): Raúl Castro
- Official language: Spanish
- Coins: Cuban peso and convertible peso
- National Day: January 1st (anniversary of the 1959 revolution)
- National flower: Mariposa
- National bird: Tocororo
- National tree: Palma Real (Royal Palm)
- Life expectancy: 79.1 years
- Religion (s): Catholic 85% – Protestant 2% – Other 13%
Geographical data of Cuba
- Area: 1110,860 km2
- Length / width of the island: 1’250km / 191km to the widest or 31km to the narrowest of the island
- Capital: Havana
- Number of provinces: 14 (without Guantanamo and the island of Youth)
- Main cities: Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara, Holguín, Camagüey
- Population: 11.2 million
- Density: 110 inhabitants / km2