General On Cuba

Capital: Havana

Population: 11, 180，500, 73% of which are urban population and 27% are rural population. The population density is 95 people per square kilometer.

Religions: mainly Catholics.

Official Language: Spanish (English is generally used in business circles and international contacts.)

Districts Dividing: The whole nation is divided into 14 provinces and 1 special zone.

Currency: peso, the official exchange rate is 1 peso = 1 dollar

Climate: Semitropical weather. The average temperature of year is 25.5C, the highest of which is 35C. Their rainfalls are all above 1000mm, except some certain areas. The national annual rainfall average is 1400mm. From May to September is the rainy season and the rest months belong to dry season.

Geographic locality: Cuba is located at the entrance of the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea. It limits to the North with Florida Peninsula (United States of America), 180 Km off its coasts; to the South -140 Km- with Jamaica; to the East -77 Km- with Haiti; and to the West -210 Km- with the Yucatan Península (Mexico). It's renowned as the "golden key to the Mexico of the Gulf", for its shape roughly like an alligator, it's also called "green alligator of Caribbean Sea".

Political Situation: Cuban constitution named Cuba as "the first socialist country in Latin America" with proletarian dictatorship. In October of 1991 Cuba Communist Party carried out its fourth national assembly conference and reaffirmed their persistence in the socialist way. Diplomatically, they pay much attention to their relationship with Latin American countries, striving for the re-entry to the great family of America. In economy they carried out a struggle for survival, trying their best to develop the food production.

Education, Science, Culture and Physical Education: Cuban government's accomplishments in developing education, science, culture, sanitation, physical education, etc. in these 30 years have attracted worldwide attention. In average, they get a doctor in every 5 people, a college student in every 15,a technician in every 8 workers and 1050 scientists and engineers in every million population. By 1991, the state has got 159 scientific research centers as a whole.
Important Holidays: Jan 1st is the National Day; May 1st is the International Labor Day; July 26th is the National Insurrection Day; December 2nd is the Army Day.

Tourist Spots: Varadero

Transportation: Highway is a main means of transportation. The highways in Cuba have a whole length of 490 thousand kilometers and the central highroad, which is 1144km long, traverses the whole Cuba Island. Cuba has 17 national airlines and 19 international airlines, which lead to Europe and America. The Jose Marti Airport, Santiago Airport, Varadero Airport and Camaguey Airport are the largest four airports of the states.