CUBA CUBA REGION CARIBBEAN NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE DECEMBER 10 1898 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION FEBRUARY 24 1976 POPULATION 11096395 1999 EST AREA 42804 SQ MI CAPITAL HAVANA FORM OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNIST MAIN INDUSTRIES OIL REFINING TOBACCO SUGAR AND COFFEE PROCESSING AGRICULTURE SUGAR TOBACCO FRUITS COFFEE RICE NATURAL RESOURCES NICKEL COBALT IRON COPPER SALT CURRENCY PESO GDP 17.3 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 1560 1998 EST LANGUAGES SPANISH OFFICIAL RELIGIONS CHRISTIAN ROMAN CATHOLIC LITERACY RATE 96 LIFE EXPECTANCY 73 YEARS MALE 78 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 13 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 7 PER 1000 POPULATION
