Place:Outline of Cuba

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Cuba:

Cuba – island country in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city.[1][2] Cuba is home to over 11 million people and is the most populous island nation in the Caribbean. Its people, culture, and customs draw from diverse sources, such as the aboriginal Taíno and Ciboney peoples, the period of Spanish colonialism, the introduction of African slaves and its proximity to the United States .


General reference

An enlargeable basic map of Cuba

Geography of Cuba

An enlargeable topographic map of Cuba

Geography of Cuba

Environment of Cuba

An enlargeable satellite image of Cuba
  • Ecoregions
  • Biosphere reserves
  • Earthquakes in Cuba
  • Wildlife of Cuba
    • Flora
    • Fauna of Cuba
      • Birds
      • Mammals
      • Amphibians and reptiles

Natural geographic features

  • Islands
  • Mountains
  • Bodies of water
    • Gulfs and bays
      • Bay of Cárdenas
      • Bay of Havana
      • Bay of Matanzas
      • Bay of Pigs
      • Bay of Santa Clara
      • Ensenada de la Broa
      • Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
      • Gulf of Batabanó
      • Gulf of Cazones
      • Gulf of Guacanayabo
    • Rivers
  • List of World Heritage Sites

Regions of Cuba

List of places in Cuba

Ecoregions of Cuba

List of ecoregions in Cuba

Administrative divisions of Cuba

Administrative divisions of Cuba

Provinces of Cuba

Provinces of Cuba

  1. Camagüey Province
    Capital: Camagüey
  2. Ciego de Ávila Province
    Capital: Ciego de Ávila
  3. Cienfuegos Province
    Capital: Cienfuegos
  4. Granma
    Capital: Bayamo
  5. Guantánamo Province
    Capital: Guantánamo
  6. Ciudad de La Habana (Havana)
  7. La Habana Province
    Capital: no provincial capital, as the country's capital is located here
  8. Holguín Province
    Capital: Holguín
  9. Matanzas Province
    Capital: Matanzas
  10. Pinar del Río Province
    Capital: Pinar del Río
  11. Sancti Spíritus Province
    Capital: Sancti Spíritus
  12. Santiago de Cuba Province
    Capital: Santiago de Cuba
  13. Las Tunas Province
    Capital: Victoria de Las Tunas
  14. Villa Clara Province
    Capital: Santa Clara
Municipalities of Cuba

Municipalities of Cuba

  • Capital of Cuba: Havana
  • Cities of Cuba

Demography of Cuba

Demographics of Cuba

History of Cuba

History of Cuba

  • Timeline of the history of Cuba

By period

  • Chronology of Colonial Cuba – 1512–1898
  • Liberation from Spain
    • Ten Years' War – 1868–1868
    • Little War (Cuba) – Aug.1879–Sept. 1880
    • Cuban War of Independence – 1895–1898
    • Sinking of USS Maine – February 1898
    • Spanish–American War – Apr. 1898–Aug. 1898
  • First Occupation of Cuba – 1898–1902
  • Republic of Cuba (1902–1959)
    • Cuban–American Treaty of Relations (1903)
    • Second Occupation of Cuba, by the United States – 1906–1909
    • Negro Rebellion – 1912
    • Sugar Intervention – 1917–1922
    • Protest of the Thirteen (es) – March 1923
    • creation of the Cuban Communist Party – 1925
    • Sergeants' Revolt – September 1933
    • One Hundred Days Government – Sept. 1933–Jan. 1934
    • Cuban–American Treaty of Relations (1934) – June 1934
  • Cuban Revolution – 1953–1959
    • Timeline of the Cuban Revolution
    • Fidel Castro in the Cuban Revolution
    • Moncada Barracks – attack on 26 July 1953
    • 26th of July Movement – 19539
    • Granma (yacht) – November 1956
  • Cuba – Soviet relations
  • Republic of Cuba – 1959–
    • Escambray rebellion – 1959–1965
    • Bay of Pigs Invasion – April 1961
    • Cuban Missile Crisis – October 1962
    • Cuban intervention in Angola – 1975–1991)
    • Special Period in Time of Peace – economic crisis, 1991–2000
      • August 1994 protest in Cuba
    • Cuban thaw – 2014–

By region

  • History of Cuba's provinces
    • History of Granma Province
    • History of Guantánamo Province
    • History of Havana
    • History of Holguín Province
    • History of Pinar del Río Province
    • History of Sancti Spíritus Province
    • History of Santiago de Cuba Province
    • History of Villa Clara Province

By subject

  • Anarchism in Cuba
  • Economic history of Cuba
    • Dollar store
    • Cuban sugar economy
  • Military history of Cuba
  • History of Cuban Nationality

Government and politics of Cuba

Politics of Cuba

  • Form of government: socialist state, with national parliament
  • Capital of Cuba: Havana
  • Corruption in Cuba
  • Cuban exile
  • Elections in Cuba
  • Political movements in Cuba
    • Cuban dissident movement
    • Liberalism in Cuba
  • Political parties in Cuba
    • Governing political party: Communist Party of Cuba

Branches of the government of Cuba

Government of Cuba

Executive branch of the government of Cuba

  • Head of state and head of government: President of Cuba, Raúl Castro
  • Cabinet of Cuba: Council of Ministers of Cuba
    • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Council of State of Cuba

Legislative branch of the government of Cuba

  • National Assembly of People's Power

Judicial branch of the government of Cuba

Cuban legal system

  • Supreme Court of Cuba
  • Legal profession in Cuba

Foreign relations of Cuba

Foreign relations of Cuba

  • International Committee for Democracy in Cuba
  • Diplomatic missions (embassies)
    • Diplomatic missions in Cuba
    • Diplomatic missions of Cuba
  • Foreign relations, by country
    • Cuba–Russia relations
    • People's Republic of China – Cuba relations
    • United States-Cuba relations
      • CIA activities in Cuba
      • Cuba – United States Maritime Boundary Agreement
      • Cuban migration to Miami
      • United States citizens granted political asylum in Cuba
      • United States embargo against Cuba
  • Cuban medical internationalism

International organization membership

The Republic of Cuba is a member of:[3]

Law and order in Cuba

  • Capital punishment in Cuba
  • Constitution of Cuba
  • Crime in Cuba
  • Human rights in Cuba
    • Censorship in Cuba
    • LGBT rights in Cuba
      • Recognition of same-sex unions in Cuba
    • Freedom of religion in Cuba
  • Law enforcement in Cuba

Military of Cuba

Military of Cuba

  • Command
  • Forces
    • Army of Cuba
    • Navy of Cuba
    • Air Force of Cuba
    • Special forces of Cuba
  • Military history of Cuba
  • Military ranks of Cuba

Local government in Cuba

Local government in Cuba

Culture of Cuba

Culture of Cuba

  • Architecture of Cuba
    • Forts in Cuba
      • Castillo de Jagua
      • Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca
      • Castillo de la Real Fuerza
      • La Cabaña
      • Morro Castle
      • San Salvador de la Punta Fortress
  • Cuisine of Cuba
    • Cuba Libre
    • Cuban sandwich
  • Festivals in Cuba
  • Languages of Cuba
  • Media in Cuba
  • Museums in Cuba
  • National symbols of Cuba
    • Coat of arms of Cuba
    • Flag of Cuba
    • National anthem of Cuba
  • People of Cuba
    • Ethnic minorities in Cuba
      • Chinese Cubans
      • Afro-Cubans
      • Jewbans
    • Women in Cuba
  • Prostitution in Cuba
  • Public holidays in Cuba
  • Racism in Cuba
  • Records of Cuba
  • Scouting and Guiding in Cuba
  • World Heritage Sites in Cuba

Art in Cuba

  • Art in Cuba
    • List of Cuban artists
  • Cinema of Cuba
    • List of Cuban films
  • Dance in Cuba
    • Cuban National Ballet
  • Literature of Cuba
    • List of Cuban writers
  • Music of Cuba
    • Cuban folk music
    • Cuban jazz
    • Cuban rock
    • Early Cuban bands
    • National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba
  • Television in Cuba
  • Theatre in Cuba
    • Cuban musical theatre
    • National Theater of Cuba

Religion in Cuba

Religion in Cuba

  • Christianity in Cuba
    • Episcopal Church of Cuba
    • Protestantism in Cuba
    • Roman Catholicism in Cuba
  • Hinduism in Cuba
  • Islam in Cuba
  • Judaism in Cuba

Sports in Cuba

Sport in Cuba

In general

  • Cuba at the Olympics
    • Cuban Olympic Committee
    • List of Olympic medalists for Cuba
  • Cuban athletes
  • Cuban records in athletics
  • Cuba at the Pan American Games

By sport

  • Baseball in Cuba
    • Cuban national baseball system
  • Basketball in Cuba
    • Cuba national basketball team
    • Cuba women's national basketball team
  • Cricket in Cuba
    • Cuba national cricket team
  • Football in Cuba
    • Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba
      • Cuba national football team
    • Handball in Cuba
      • Cuba men's national handball team
    • Rugby in Cuba
      • Rugby union in Cuba
    • Volleyball in Cuba
      • Cuba men's national volleyball team
      • Cuba women's national volleyball team

Economy and infrastructure of Cuba

Economy of Cuba

  • Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 68th (sixty-eighth)
  • Agriculture in Cuba
    • Agricultural cooperatives
      • CPA (Cooperativa de Producción Agropecuaria)
      • UBPC - 'Unidad Básica de Producción Cooperativa', or Basic Unit of Cooperative Production
  • Banking in Cuba
    • Central Bank of Cuba
    • List of banks in Cuba
  • Companies of Cuba
  • Currency of Cuba: Convertible Peso / Peso
  • Economic history of Cuba
  • Energy in Cuba
    • Energy policy of Cuba
    • Oil industry in Cuba
  • Mining in Cuba
    • Oil reserves in Cuba
  • Rationing in Cuba
  • Cuba Stock Exchange
  • Tourism in Cuba
  • Water supply and sanitation in Cuba
    • Water privatization in Cuba

Communications in Cuba

Communications in Cuba

  • Internet in Cuba
  • Cuba Emergency Response System
  • Internet in Cuba
  • Newspapers in Cuba
  • Telephone numbers in Cuba
  • Television in Cuba

Transportation in Cuba

Transportation in Cuba

  • Airports in Cuba
  • Rail transport in Cuba
    • Ferrocarriles de Cuba
  • Road transport in Cuba
    • Roads in Cuba
      • Carretera Central
    • Vehicle registration plates of Cuba

Education in Cuba

Education in Cuba

Health in Cuba

  • Health care in Cuba
    • Hospitals in Cuba

See also

Cuba

References

  1. ↑ Thomas, Hugh (March 1971). Cuba; the Pursuit of Freedom. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-014259-6. https://archive.org/details/trent_0116404995262. 
  2. ↑ Thomas, Hugh (1997). The Slave Trade : The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1440–1870. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. 
  3. ↑ "Cuba". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cuba/. 

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