Cuba

Republic o Cuba
República de Cuba  (Spaingie)

Banner Coat o airms
Naitional motto: Patria o Muerte (Spaingie) "Hameland or Deith"
Location o Cuba
Offeecial leid	Spaingie
Caipital	Havana
Lairgest ceety	Havana
Govrenment Heid o State -	Unitary communist state Preses o Cuba Raúl Castro
Area	109,886 km (42,427 sq mi)
Population	11,239,263
Foondin	20 Mey 1902
Siller	Cuban peso (CUP)
Time zone	UTC -5
Naitional anthem	La Bayamesa ("The Bayamo Sang")
Naitional flouer
Patron saunt
Internet TLD	.cu
Cawin code	+53

The Republic o Cuba (/ˈkjuːbə/, Spainyie: CUBA.ogg Cuba (help·info) or RCUB.ogg República de Cuba (help·info) Spainyie pronunciation: [reˈpuβlika ðe ˈkuβa]) is a kintra in the Americaes. It conseests o the island o Cuba (the lairgest an secont-maist populous island o the Greater Antilles), the island o Isla de la Juventud, an monie adjacent wee islands.

Havana is the maist muckle ceety in Cuba an is the kintra's caipital. Santiago de Cuba an Camagüey are major Cuban ceeties an aw. Better kent wee-er clachans include: Baracoa (whilks wis the first Spainyie settlement on Cuba), Trinidad (a UNESCO World Heritage Steid), an Bayamo.

Cuba is hame tae ower 11 million fowk an is the maist populous insular nation in the Caribbean. Its fowk, cultur, an customs draw fae diverse sources sic as: the auncient Taíno an Ciboney fowk; the period o Spainyie colonialism; the introduction o African thralls; an its proximity tae the Unitit States.