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  1.                                           CUBA 
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  3.                                           CM,CO 
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  6.         OFFICIAL NAME:Republic of Cuba.
  7.         LOCATION:West Indies.
  8.         LAT/LONG:21.3N/80W
  9.         CONTINENT:North America.
  10.         ZONES-ITU:11  CQ:8
  11.         TIME:-5 Hrs. (-4 Hrs.during summer).
  12.         AREA:42,803 Sq.M.  110,860 Sq.Km.
  13.         POPULATION:10,259,473  DENSITY:240/Sq.M.  (93/Sq.Km.)   AAGR:0.9%
  14.         LIFE EXPECTANCY:74
  15.         LITERACY RATE:96%
  16.         TYPE OF GOVERNMENT:Communist state.
  17.         CAPITAL:Havana.
  18.         LANGUAGE:Spanish.
  19.         RELIGION:at least 85% nominally Roman Catholic.
  20.         CURRENCY:peso.
  21.         GNP:$18 billion  ($1,757 per capita)  REAL GROWTH RATE:2.3% (1986 est.).
  22.         MAJOR INDUSTRIES:sugar milling, petroleum refining, food and tobacco 
  23.         processing, textiles, chemicals, paper and wood products, metals, 
  24.         cement.
  25.         AGRICULTURE:sugar, tobacco, rice, potatoes, tubers, citrus fruits, 
  26.         coffee.
  27.         EXPORTS:sugar, nickel, shellfish, tobacco, coffee, citrus fruit.  
  28.         ($6.5 billion).
  29.         TELECOMMUNICATIONS:143 AM, 5 FM, 52 TV stations; 1 satellite ground 
  30.         station.
  31.         COMMERCIAL POWER:110/220V; 60Hz.
  32.         NATIONAL HOLIDAY:1 January (Anniversary of the Revolution).
  33.         MISC:The largest island in the Caribbean, Cuba has been called "Queen 
  34.         of the Antilles". It is home to the Rumba, Mambo, Bolero, and Guaracha 
  35.         dances. Cuba has a maritime subtropical climate. Member of UN since 
  36.         1945. Member of OAS. Metric system is compulsory but American and old 
  37.         Spanish systems are still much used.
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  39.         (FOR US OPS-3rd party:yes  ROA:no)
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