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Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, conquistador of Cuba
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Cuba may be translated as 'where fertile land is abundant' or 'great place'.

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14th largest island in the world

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises the eponymous main island as well as 4,195 islands, islets, and cays.

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Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, conquistador of Cuba
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The earliest evidence of the Taíno people on Cuba dates to the 9th century.

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Cuba

Area
104,556 km²
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Cuba
14th largest island in the world

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises the eponymous main island as well as 4,195 islands, islets, and cays.

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Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, conquistador of Cuba
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Cuba developed as an urbanized society that primarily supported the Spanish colonial empire.

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Cuba

Area
104,556 km²
Location
Cuba
14th largest island in the world

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises the eponymous main island as well as 4,195 islands, islets, and cays.

From the “History” section

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Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, conquistador of Cuba
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Cuba's first permanent governor, Gonzalo Perez de Angulo, declared the liberty of the indigenous population.

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Cuba

Area
104,556 km²
Location
Cuba
14th largest island in the world

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises the eponymous main island as well as 4,195 islands, islets, and cays.

From the “History” section

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Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, conquistador of Cuba
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The 1940 Constitution of Cuba included the right to labor and the right to health care.

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Cuba

Area
104,556 km²
Location
Cuba
14th largest island in the world

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises the eponymous main island as well as 4,195 islands, islets, and cays.

From the “History” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public Domain

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