๐ Countries of the world ๐ The Americas
Cuba
๐ In short
Cuba is an island country in the Caribbean Sea, south of Florida in the United States. It's made up of one big long island and about 1600 small ones. Its capital is Havana, its biggest city, famous for its colorful old cars and cheerful music.
๐คฉ Did you know?
- Cuba is about 140 kilometers from Florida.
- Cuba's longest river is the Cauto, about 240 kilometers long.
- Cuba gets about 135 centimeters of rain a year.
- The official language is Spanish, and the currency is the peso.
๐๏ธ Fact file
- Capital
- Havana.
- Official language
- Spanish.
- Official name
- Cuba.
- Currency
- Peso.
- Area
- 110,861 kmยฒ.
- Population
- 2000 estimate: 11,385,000 people. 1981 census: 9,723,605 people.
๐ Find out more
๐ A tropical island
Cuba's climate is hot and humid all year, with white sandy beaches, clear blue water and coral reefs. Strong hurricanes sometimes pass over it.
๐ Sugar cane
Cuba has grown sugar cane for a long time and was one of the world's biggest sugar producers. It also grows tobacco and tropical fruit.
๐ก Cars from the past
Havana's streets have big, colorful old American cars more than sixty years old, which people still fix and drive.
๐ฏ The smallest bird in the world
The smallest bird in the world lives in Cuba, a tiny hummingbird called the โbee hummingbirdโ because it's the size of a bee.
๐ธ More pictures
๐งฉ Test yourself
1 What is the capital of Cuba?
2 What is the smallest bird in the world, which lives in Cuba?
3 Cuba is about ?? kilometers from Florida.
4 Which picture shows โCubaโ?
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๐ท Picture sources: Wikimedia Commons
- RenaatPeeters ยท CC BY-SA 4.0
- Laura Gooch ยท CC BY-SA 2.0
- Tacorontey ยท CC BY-SA 4.0
