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Republic of Cuba
National name: República de Cuba
President: Fidel Castro (1976)
Area: 42,843 sq. mi. (110,860 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 11,096,395 (average annual rate of natural increase: 0.55%); birth rate: 12.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 7.8/1000; density per sq. mi.: 259
Capital and largest city (1994 est.): Havana, 2,241,000
Other large cities (1994 est.): Santiago de Cuba, 440,084; Camaguëy, 293,961; Holguin, 242,085; Guantánamo, 207,796; Santa Clara, 205,400
Monetary unit: Peso
Language: Spanish
Ethnicity/race: mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1%
Religion: at least 85% nominally Roman Catholic before Castro assumed power
Literacy rate: 94%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $17.3 billion; $1,560 per capita. Real growth rate: 1.2%, Inflation: n.a. Unemployment: 6.8% (1997 est.). Arable land: 24%. Agriculture: sugarcane, tobacco, citrus, coffee, rice, potatoes, beans; livestock. Labor force: 4.5 million (1996 est.); services and government, 30%; industry, 22%; agriculture, 20%; commerce, 11%, construction, 10%; transportation and communications, 7% (June 1990). Industry: sugar, petroleum, food, tobacco, textiles, chemicals, paper and wood products, metals (particularly nickel), cement, fertilizers, consumer goods, agricultural machinery. Natural resources: cobalt, nickel, iron ore, copper, manganese, salt, timber, silica, petroleum. Exports: $1.4 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.): sugar, nickel, tobacco, shellfish, medical products, citrus, coffee. Imports: $3 billion (c.i.f., 1998 est.): petroleum, food, machinery, chemicals. Trading partners: Russia, Canada, Spain, France.
