Cuba

#14 in World

Cuba

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Area

105K km²

Coordinates

21.5200, -77.7800

Overview

The largest island in the Caribbean, famed for its vintage cars and colonial cities.

About

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. Situated at the convergence of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean, Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula, south of both Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola, and north of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital.