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 * __Cuba__**

Cuba's [|National Anthem] Al combate corred bayameses que la patria os comtempla orgullosa no temais una muerte gloriosa que morir por la patria es vivir En cadenas vivir es morir en afrenta y oprobio sumidos del clarin escuchad el sonido a las armas valientes corred.

__English Translation__: Hasten to battle, men of Bayamo, For the homeland looks proudly to you. You do not fear a glorious death, Because to die for the country is to live. To live in chains Is to live in dishonour and ignominy. Hear the clarion call, Hasten, brave ones, to battle!

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[|Capital]: Havana Relative Location: Cuba is Northwest of Haiti The [|aboslute location] of Havana is 30 N, 80 W [|Four other major cities]: Santiago de Cuba, Holguin, Guantanamo, Santa Clara

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[|Current Weather] 1/31/07 2/1/07 2/2/07 2/3/07 2/4/07 87° | 70° 84° | 70° 84° | 70° 84° | 71° 82° | 70°

[|Climate] tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October)

Sierra de los Organos

Sierra del Escambray

Sierra Maestra

[|Government Leaders:]President:Fidel Castro(1976), Vice presdident:Raul Castro Ruz //Gen.// [|Popolation](2006):11,382,820 [|Females Life expectacy:76.8,Males Life Expectancy:72.9] Major [|Languages]:Spanish Tradition in Cuba

Art in Cuba

[|Ethnicticity/race]:Mulatto 51%, White 37%, Black 11%, Chinese 1% [|Religions]:predominantly Roman Catholic and Santerie, nominally 85% [|Literacy Rate]: 97% [|Currency:] Peso

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10 Interesting Facts

[|Natural Hazards:] The east coast is subject to hurricanes from August to November (in general, the country averages about one hurricane every other year); droughts are common. [|Geography:] The largest country in the Caribbean and westernmost of the Great Antilles. [|Age Structure:] //0-14 years:// 19.1% (male 1,117,677/female 1,058,512) //15-64 years:// 70.3% (male 4,001,161/female 3,999,303) //65 years and over:// 10.6% (male 554,148/female 652,019) (2006 est.) [|Infant Mortality Rate]: //total:// 6.22 deaths/1,000 live births //male:// 6.99 deaths/1,000 live births //female:// 5.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.) [|Government type:] communist state [|Constitution:] Feb. 24, 1976 was the day it was signed [|Airports:] 170(2006) [|Roadways]: 60,858 km/ more are unpaved [|Waterways]: 240 km [|Military Branches:] Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR): Revolutionary Army (ER), Revolutionary Navy (Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria, MGR), Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Youth Labor Army (EJT) (2005)

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Mausoleum in Cuba Cuba is located in the Western [|Hemishpere]

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 * [|TIMELINE]**


 * 1902** May- Cuba's independence from Spain.
 * 2000** October - US House of Representatives approves the sale of food and medicines to Cuba.
 * 2001** November - US exports food to Cuba for the first time in more than 40 years after a request from the Cuban government to help it cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Michelle.
 * 2002** January - Prisoners taken during US-led action in Afghanistan are flown into Guantanamo Bay for interrogation as al-Qaeda suspects.
 * 2002** January - Russia's last military base in Cuba, at Lourdes, closes down.
 * 2002** June - National Assembly amends the constitution to make socialist system of government permanent and untouchable. Castro called for the vote following criticisms from US President George W Bush.
 * 2003** March-April - Crackdown on dissidents draws international condemnation. Seventy-five people are jailed for terms of up to 28 years; three men who hijacked a ferry in an attempt to reach the US are executed.
 * 2003** June - EU halts high-level official visits to Cuba in protest at the country's recent human rights record.
 * 2004** October - President Castro announces ban on transactions in US dollars, and imposes 10% tax on dollar-peso conversions.
 * 2005** July - Hurricane Dennis causes widespread destruction and leaves 16 people dead

The rainforest is located in Cuba. The Virgin Rainforests are located in the northeastern part of Cuba.

Movement- [|Major resources exported]: sugar, nickel, tabacco, fish, medical products, citrus, and coffee [|Flights:] $303 round trip Spain [|once ruled] Cuba.

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[|Cuba is located in the Caribbean Islands.] Cuba is in the weastern [|hemisphere].