CubaSam

//__Cuba __// Below is Cubas' National Anthem; it's called La Bayamesa, The Bayamo Song.**
 * This is a picture of Cubas' Flag. Cubas' flag as 3 blue stripes, 2 white stripes, a red side ways triangle with a white star in the middle of it.

Que la patria os comtempla orgullosa No temaís una muerte gloriosa Que morir por la patria es vivir
 * Original**

En cadenas vivir es vivir En afrenta y oprobio sumidos Del clarín escuchad el sonido A las armas valientes corred. 

Translation
Hasten to battle, men of Bayamo, For the fatherland looks proudly to you. Fear not a glorious death, To die for the fatherland is to live. To live in chains is to live In combined dishonour and ignominy. From the clarion hear the call, To arms, brave ones, hasten!

__**Location Information**__ Political Map:

The relative location of Cuba is:

Cubas' capital is :Havana Havanas' absolute location is: 5 other major cites in Cuba are: Santiago de Cuba, Camaguey, Holguin, Guantanamo, Santa Clara

Physical Map: 3 physical features in Cuba are:Sierra del Escambray, Sierra de los Organos, Sierra Maestra
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Sierra del Escambray:

Sierra de los Organos:

Sierra Maestra:

Cubas' Climate: tropical; yet moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October)

Climate Map ^

Weather Map ^ Cultural Pictures





A monument in Cuba:
 * //__Facts__//**

Government Leader: Fidel Castro The name of the Currency is: Peso [|Popullation: 11,382,820 (July 2006 est.)] [|Major Language:Spanish] Major Religions:predominantly Roman Catholic and Santería (Afro-Cuban syncretic religion) Life Expectancy:77.4 (both male and female) Literacy Rate:97% (2003 est.) Major Ethnic Groups:mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1% Main Exports:sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, coffee [|GDP:$40.06 billion (2005 est.)] Public Holiday:Independnce Day Timezone: -5Coastline:3,735 Boundaries:29 - US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay 29 Area:110860 km2 Coordinates: 21° 30' N 80° 0' W Total Area:42,803 sq mi (110,860 sq km) National Name:República de Cuba
 * //__Human-Environment Interaction__//**

Timeline [|Slavery ended in 1886.]

An army sergeant, organized a non-commissioned officer revolt in September 1933

The United States and Cuba concluded a Treaty of Relations in 1934

On July 26, 1953, Fidel Castro, who had been involved in increasingly violent political activity before Batista's coup, led a failed attack on the Moncada army barracks in Santiago de Cuba in which more than 100 died.

As of July 1, 2006, at least 316 Cubans were being held behind bars for political crimes, according to the independent Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation.

Yes part of the rainforest is in Cuba the rainforest is located in Guantanamo.


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Major Export: sugar Cost of a flight to Cuba: Due to a U.S. government travel restriction we are unable to fligh to Cuba. To fligh to St. Lucia its $115 to fligh from St. Lucia to Cuba its
 * //__Region__//**

Region of Latin America: Caribbean

for school websites i used : http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/worldguide/html/862.html http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107443.html