Republic of Cuba

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Republic of Cuba
República de Cuba (Spanish)	Republic of Cuba
República de Cuba (Spanish)
 	
1859-1994 	1859-1994
 	
 	
 	
Motto: ¡Patria o Muerte, Venceremos!
("Homeland or Death, We Shall Overcome!")	Motto: ¡Patria o Muerte, Venceremos!
("Homeland or Death, We Shall Overcome!")
 	
Anthem: La Bayamesa
("The Bayamo Song")	Anthem: La Bayamesa
("The Bayamo Song")
 	
 	
 	
Capital
and largest city 	Havana
23°8′N 82°23′W
 	
Official Languages: Spanish	Official Languages: Spanish
 	
Demonym(s): Cuban 	Demonym(s): Cuban
 	
Government
*First Secretary and President
*Vice President
*Prime Minister
*National Assembly President	Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic
*Fidel Castro
*Raúl Castro
*Fidel Castro
*Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada
Cuba (/ˈkjuːbə/ (listen) KEW-bə, Spanish: [ˈkuβa] (listen)), officially the Republic of Cuba (Spanish: República de Cuba [reˈpuβlika ðe ˈkuβa] (listen)), was an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba was located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba was located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (USA), south of both the American states of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic (USA)), and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana was the largest city and capital; other major cities included Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The official area of the Republic of Cuba was 109,884 km2 (42,426 sq mi) (without the territorial waters) but a total of 350,730 km2 (135,420 sq mi) including the exclusive economic zone. Cuba was the second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants.