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Capital	Havana
Government	Communist state
Currency	Cuban peso (CUP), Cuban convertible peso (CUC)
Area	110,860 km2
Population	11,382,820 (July 2006 est.)
Language	Spanish, Castilian
Religion	Nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to Castro assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, Muslims, and Santería are also represented
Electricity	110V/60Hz or 220V/60Hz (North American, European, or Italian plug)
Calling Code	+53
Internet TLD	.cu
Time Zone	UTC -5

For other places with the same name, see Cuba (disambiguation).

Cuba is the largest Caribbean island, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. It lies 145 km (90 miles) south of Key West, Florida, between the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas, to the west of Haiti, and northwest of Jamaica.