THE PEOPLE

10,999,041 (July 1997) 13.21/1,000 (1997) 7.42/1,000 (1997) 8/1,000 (1997) 1.54 Children Born/Woman 75.2 Years 72.83 77.71 1.0 Male/Female 51% 37% 11% 1% Roman Catholic, Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, Santeria 98.5% 44,218 Square Miles 3,735 Miles 777 Miles 18 to 120 Miles, 50 is Average Over 4,000 21 30 North, 80 00 West Pico Turquino, 2,005 M 24% 7% 27% 24% 18% Hurricanes and Droughts Republic of Cuba Havana CU Socialist May 20, 1902 February 24, 1976 Universal at 16 Years Old Fidel Castro National Assembly Based on American, Spanish, and Communist Legal Ideas People's Supreme Court Cuban Communist Party $16.2 Billion 7.8% (1996) $1,480 7% 31% 62% 4.71 Million $3.5 Billion $2.1 Billion $30.5 Billion Sugar, Tobacco, Nickel, Biotechnology, Tourism, Citrus 6,060,993 3,757,909 17 4% of GDP 229,000 2.14 Million (1993) 2.5 Million (1993) 58 4,677 km 27,100 km 240 km 22 162

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