Cuba
- Official Name:
- Republic of Cuba (Cuba)
- Area:
- 110.860 km 2
- Population (2006):
- 11.394.043 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 3.735 km
- Capital:
- Havana
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Cienfuegos, La Habana, Manzanillo, Mariel, Matanzas, Nuevitas, Santiago de Cuba
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Contiguous zone: 24 nm
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
- Political divisions:
- 14 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 special municipality* (municipio especial); Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana, Las Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara
- Language(s):
- Spanish
- National holiday:
- Triumph of the Revolution, 1 January (1959)
- Nationality:
- Cuban(s)
- Official time:
- UTC-5. Daylight saving time: 1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
- Member of:
- ACP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM, OAS (excluded from formal participation since 1962), OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Internet country code:
- .cu
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Cuban peso (CUP) and Convertible peso (CUC) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD4.000 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 40.000.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 9,5% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 5,1%
- Industry: 27,2%
- Services: 67,6%
- Labor force:
- 4.820.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (2005):
-
- Agriculture 20%
- Industry: 19,4%
- Services 60,6%
- Unemployment rate:
- 1,9% (2006 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 5% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 11,9% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD35.070.000.000
- Expenditures: USD36.410.000.000
- Public debt:
- ND
- Current account balance:
- USD -1.218.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 2.956.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, coffee
- Exports - Partners:
- Netherlands 25,8%, Canada 21,1%, China 10%, Spain 6,8% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 9.510.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Petroleum, food, machinery and equipment, chemicals
- Imports - partners:
- China 14,5%, Spain 13,7%, Canada 8,4%, US 8,3%, Germany 7,2%, Brazil 5,6%, Italy 5,6%, Mexico 5,1%, Japan 4% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 2.618.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 15.150.000.000 (30, 2006)
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