Cuba

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Cuba is a Caribbean island nation known for its communist government, historic Havana architecture, classic cars, and influential music and culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island country
sovereign state
alliance ALBA
Non-Aligned Movement
borderedBySea Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
callingCode +53
capital Havana, Cuba
surface form: Havana
capitalCoordinates 23.1136°N 82.3666°W
climate tropical
continent North America
currency Cuban peso
demonym Cuban
drivesOn right
famousFor Cuban cigars
Cuban music
Cuban rum
classic American cars
colonial and historic Havana architecture
formerName Cuba self-linksurface differs
surface form: Republic of Cuba
governmentType communist one-party state
hasMilitaryBaseOf U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay
surface form: United States at Guantánamo Bay
headOfStateTitle President of the Republic of Cuba
surface form: President of Cuba
historicalColonizer Spain
independenceDate 1902-05-20
independenceFrom Spain
surface form: Spain (historical)

United States of America
surface form: United States (formal)
internetTLD .cu
ISO3166-1Alpha2 CU
ISO3166-1Alpha3 CUB
largestCity Havana, Cuba
surface form: Havana
leaderOfCubanRevolution Fidel Castro
legislature National Assembly of People’s Power
surface form: National Assembly of People's Power
locatedIn Caribbean Sea
majorCity Camagüey
Holguín, Cuba
surface form: Holguín

Santiago de Cuba
majorReligion Afro-Caribbean religions
surface form: Afro-Cuban religions

Roman Catholicism
nationalLanguageFamily Romance languages
nationalSport baseball
neighboringCountryBySea Bahamas
Haiti
Jamaica
Mexico
United States of America
surface form: United States
notableRevolutionaryFigure Che Guevara
officialIdeology Marxism–Leninism
officialLanguage Spanish
officialReligion none (secular state)
partOf Caribbean
popularMusicGenre cha-cha-chá
mambo
rumba
salsa
son cubano
region Greater Antilles
revolutionVictoryDate 1959-01-01
rulingParty Communist Party of Cuba
timeZone Cuba Standard Time
timeZoneUTCOffset UTC−05:00
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Old Havana
surface form: Old Havana and its Fortification System

Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
Pinar del Río Province
surface form: Viñales Valley
UNMemberState true
usesDaylightSavingTime yes
vulnerableTo Atlantic hurricanes

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Havana, Cuba country Cuba
subject surface form: Havana
Havana, Cuba capitalOf Cuba
subject surface form: Havana
Havana, Cuba largestCityOf Cuba
subject surface form: Havana
Haitian Creole spokenIn Cuba
Spanish Empire hasPart Cuba
ET usedInCountry Cuba
Caribbean includes Cuba
Marxism–Leninism stateIdeologyOf Cuba
this entity surface form: Republic of Cuba
Finca Vigía country Cuba
Cuban government country Cuba
this entity surface form: Republic of Cuba
Cuban government governs Cuba
this entity surface form: Republic of Cuba
Cuban government sovereignty Cuba
this entity surface form: Republic of Cuba
Industriales (baseball) country Cuba
subject surface form: Industriales
Member States of the United Nations includes Cuba
this entity surface form: Republic of Cuba
Bahamas liesNorthOf Cuba
Andrés usedInCountry Cuba
La Habana Province partOf Cuba
this entity surface form: Republic of Cuba
CUHAV country Cuba
CUHAV country Cuba
subject surface form: Havana
CUHAV isCapitalOf Cuba
subject surface form: Havana
Taíno inhabitedRegion Cuba