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Cuba is full of tradition, and that tradition includes religious beliefs for many Cubans. Although Christianity is predominant, folk religions and atheism are also seen often in Cuban society.
Christianity: 59.2% Folk: 17.4% None: 23% Other: 0.4% (as of 2010)

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1st   Cuban Spanish: over 90% of the population in Cuba use Spanish as their first language
2nd  Creole: spoken by the descendants of Haitians who fled their country during Haiti's revolution and continue to speak it today
3rd   English: although not an everyday language in Cuba, English is very popular among tourist communities to make many international travellers, like Americans, feel accommodated

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~Cuba's full title is the Republic of Cuba, and their type of government is a communist state.
~They celebrate their Indepence Day from Spain on January 1st.
~Cuba is made up of 15 provinces and 1 municipality, all of which contain cultural differences within the country.
~The only legal party in Cuba is the Communist Party, (which has settled down quite a bit within the past decade or so) which means that the officially sanctioned candidate will run opposed.
~The head of the Executive Branch is the President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers. The President and Vice President serve for 1 five-year term and may be re-elected one additional time. The current President of Cuba is Miguel Diaz-Canel.

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Cuba is relatively flat, with the average elevation being 108 meters above sea level. There are, however, several rugged hills and even mountains on the southeast coast of the country, the highest peak being Pico Turquino at 6,476 feet in the Sierra Maestra Range. A majority of Cuba's land is used for agriculture, but portions of it are made up of forests- mostly rainforests to be exact.

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. It experiences tropical weather and temperatures with moderate wind and often tropical storms. Their dry season is November -April, while their wet season is May- October.

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Columbus discovered Cuba in 1492, the first European to do so, and claimed the land for Spain. By 1526, slaves were being imported to Cuba from African countries. About 200 years later, Havana was captured by the British but then returned to them just a year later in the Treaty of Paris. Then from 1868-1878, Cuba fought the Ten Years War for freedom from their parent country of Spain. The war ended with a truce and promises from Spain to make reforms on their rule that were never actually met. Nine years later, however, slavery was abolished in Cuba. By 1902, the Cubans finally gained their independence from Spain and had their own president, but the Platt Amendment kept Cuba under the protection and guidance of the U.S. In 1925, violent protests against so-called discrimination from the U.S. and their own country's corruption lead to the forming of the Socialist Party, one of the stepping stones for the dictatorship of Fidel Castro. After the U.S. abandons protection over Cuba, Castro leads a revolt against the new president that proves successful due to the lack of U.S. military involvement. After more revolts and mutiny, all U.S.-Cuban relationships are severed, thus beginning the Cuban Missile Crisis and leading to the one sole political party established by Castro in Cuba- the Cuban Communist Party. By 1972, Castro is elected President through the Communist Party. Castro's authoritarian and problematic regime came to an end when he died in 2016, but the past couple of years had been more peaceful anyway as Cuba tried to make amends with other U.N. countries like the United States.

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Population of Cuba: 11.1 million people
Population growth rate: 0.27%
Birth rate: 10.6 births to 1,000 people
Death rate: 8.9 deaths to 1,000 people
Life expectancy: 78.9  years
Literacy (age 15 and above can read): 99.8%
Unemployment aged 15-24: 6.1%

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A popular food in Cuba is the empanada- it is a Spanish picadillo mix usually made  with beef, onion, almonds, and mushrooms.

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21.5 N, -77.78 S

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~The former dictator of Cuba, Fidel Castro, was a huge Beatles fan, especially for John Lennon
~Different-colored uniforms are required at ALL schools in Cuba
~Cuba has one of the highest doctor to patient ratios in the world
~Cuba is the birthplace of dance styles such as the Mambo and the Cha Cha
~The government owns all cars produced after 1959- Legal cars for citizens must be from before 1959.
~Cubans don't often right their recipes down- they use oral tradition within their families