FACTS ABOUT CUBA
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FACTS ABOUT CUBA
1.
The official name of Cuba is the “Republic
of Cuba”.
2.
Havana is the capital city of Cuba.
3.
The total population of Cuba is 11,179,995.
4.
The natives of Cuba are called Cubans.
5.
The Peso is official currency of Cuba.
6.
Cuba shares a border with Jamaica,
Haiti, Bahamas and Florida.
7.
The literacy rate in Cuba is 99.8%,
which is one of the highest in the world.
8.
Coca-Cola cannot be bought or sold in
Cuba.
9.
Cubans were not allowed to own cell
phones until 2008.
10.
If you were employed in Cuba, you would
get an average salary of just U.S. 20 dollars per month.
11.
When viewed from the air, the island of
Cuba resembles a crocodile.
12.
Cuban cigars are known as the finest
cigars in the world.
13.
Of all the islands in the Caribbean,
Cuba is the largest.
14.
Cuba has about 250 museums.
15.
January is the coolest month in Cuba,
while August is the warmest.
16.
Out of the 38,000 miles of roadways in
Cuba, half are unpaved.
17.
Voting in Cuba is legally mandatory.
18.
The world’s smallest frog and smallest
hummingbird are found in Cuba.
19.
It is the 17th largest
island in the world.
20.
Baseball is Cuba’s favorite sport.
21.
Almost 100,000 barrels of oil are
received by Cuba from Venezuela every day.
22.
Manger – a rare, prehistoric fish – is
only found in Cuba.
23.
90% of Cubans have homes under their
ownership.
24.
Recipes in Cuba are passed down from
generation to generation. They typically do not write down their recipes.
25.
The number of daily newspapers published
in Cuba dropped from 58 in the 1950s to 20 in more recent times.
26.
It is a tradition in Cuba to burn dolls
at New Year’s Eve to symbolize the forgetting of bad times and look forward to
a fresh start with the New Year.
27.
Cuba, which was discovered by explorer
Christopher Columbus in 1492, was controlled by Spain until 1898.
28.
In 1902, Cuba gained complete
independence from the U.S., which held its temporary control from 1898 to 1902.
29.
During April-September 1980,
approximately 124,000 Cubans migrated to the U.S., as they were freely allowed
to do so by Fidel Castro.
30.
Pope John Paul II visited Cuba in
January, 1998.
31.
On August 14, 2015 The U.S. Embassy
reopened in Havana.
32.
Cuba Exports:
petroleum, nickel, medical products, sugar, tobacco, fish, citrus and coffee.
33.
Cuba Imports:
petroleum, food, machinery and equipment and chemicals.
34.
The internet country code for Cuba is .cu.
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