Cuba

Cuba / a country located in the Caribbean region at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico, consisting of the island of Cuba and the island of La Juventud, which have a total area of ​​109,886 km², and several archipelagos. Havana is the country's capital and largest city, and Santiago de Cuba is the country's second largest city. Cuba has a population of over 11 million, and it is the most densely populated island in the Caribbean

Cuba's climate is characterized by a tropical style, but its extension and narrow width in the surrounding water medium reduced the climatic contradictions between its parts. Cuba is located in the blown by the northern trade winds, and it is more rainy in the western part of the island where it is exposed to the hurricane winds. North America then reigns a dry season to May, and the natural vegetation was from semi-coniferous forests and savannah grass, but the vegetation was removed in most areas to replace agriculture

Agriculture is still the basic craft of the country's population, and the area of ​​cultivable land is approaching nine million hectares, and about 20% of the workforce is employed in agriculture, and the most important crop is sugar cane and is the mainstay of Cuba's economic support, and Cuba contributes 30% of global production, and tobacco is the second crop on the island, and coffee is grown. Cocoa, bananas, mangoes, in addition to that, corn and rice, and the production is not sufficient for the population’s need of grain, and grazing is one of the important crafts on the island, as animals are raised on savannah grass, cows and small numbers of sheep and goats are raised. The mineral production is copper (3,300 tons). The country is poor in energy supplies, and the sugar industry is the most important industry in Cuba, as there are 125 factories, in addition to the tobacco industry

Cuba means fertile lands, and this is what made Cuba a symbol and a land for the revolutions that demanded freedom for its people, headed by the famous leader, the revolutionary symbol of Cuba, Fidel Castro. Cedar trees, and from the terrain that characterizes Cuba are the coasts, as the island is surrounded by water from all sides, as well as the island's land on the southeast side is characterized by high mountains, the most famous of which is the Sierra Maestra mountain range, and this is what made Cuba a strategic location and an important tourist center

The island of Cuba contains a set of geographical terrain, and it contributes to the formation of the natural features on its land, and among the most important of these terrain are the mountains and hills that cover a quarter of the geographical area of ​​the island of Cuba, and the Sierra Maestra mountains are among the largest mountain ranges in it. It extends over an area of ​​about 150 miles - equivalent to 240 km - along the southeast coast of Cuba

Spread in central Cuba a group of distinctive hills, and there are many green plants on its land, and it is called the hollows, and these highlands form part of the provinces of Central and Northern Matanzas, Havana, and the central sections of Camaguey. The plains cover about two-thirds of the island of Cuba, and contain a large scale of land cultivated with tobacco and sugar cane

The coastal basins are found in Santiago de Cuba, and also contain the Coto River in the southeastern section, located near the lowlands, a group of coastal plains, and extending from the eastern side to the western side of the island, and the swamps cover some areas, as for the watery coast of Cuba It contains many sandy beaches, dangerous cliffs, and coral reefs

The island of Cuba is a country within the West Indies, and it consists of a large island with nearly 1600 small islands, and the city of Havana is its official capital and the largest city among its cities, and the island of Cuba is called the "Pearl of the Antilles", and in 1976 AD Cuba became a socialist republic in accordance with the Cuban Constitution The Communist Party is the ruling party, which has absolute power to control the state, and the government in Cuba seeks to support economic development and the application of social justice, and the President of Cuba carries out the duties of the Prime Minister, and works to set laws and foreign policies, and all legal legislation must be obtained On the approval of the Legislative Council, known as the National Assembly elected by the people for a period of five years

Cuba is well-known as the fifth cobalt-producing country in the world, as well as the second largest country in the world after Russia, with reserves of nickel metal, and is also famous for its large areas of sugar cane cultivation, and it is famous for the presence of other minerals that are characteristic of other islands, which are the minerals of iron and copper. We also do not forget, as we mentioned when repeating the name of Cuba, the leader Fidel Castro, who launched the famous Cuban revolution, and this revolution that took place in 1956 against the rule of the United States of America, and the revolution and struggle against American rule continued until the independence of Cuba in 1959, and we mention that Cuba It was a Spanish colony, but it fell after the United States occupied it

The island of Cuba is located within the area between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, bordered on the north side by the US state of Florida, and on the southern side by Jamaica, while on the west it shares borders with Mexico, and on the east it is bordered by Haiti, and the total geographical area of ​​the island of Cuba reaches 110.860 km²