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Flag description: five equal horizontal bands of blue (top and bottom) alternating with white; a red equilateral triangle based on the hoist side bears a white, five-pointed star in the center; design influenced by the US flag

FIDEL CASTRO RUZ is the leader of Cuba Cuba is a Communist state

President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers. First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Doctorate in Civil Law and Licentiate in Diplomatic Law Date of Birth: August 13, 1926

Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, 150 km south of Key West, Florida

The total area of Cuba is 110,860 sq km Note Cuba is a island and there is no water there. There is water around it though. slightly smaller than Pennsylvania

The population of Cuba is 11,224,321 (July 2002 est.)

Havana

Mariel

Pinar Del Rio

MatanzasSanta Clara Cienfuegos

Guantanamo

Nuevitas Camaguey Holguin Manzunillo Bayamo Stantiago De Cuba

total: 29 km. Borders countries: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay 29 km.

Note: Guantanamo Naval Base is leased by the US and thus remains part of Cuba.

Climate: tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October).

Terrain: mostly flat to rolling plains, with rugged hills and mountains in the southeast.

Natural resources: cobalt, nickel, iron ore, copper, manganese, salt, timber, silica, petroleum, arable land.Natural hazards: the east coast is subject to hurricanes from August to October (in general, the country averages about one hurricane every other year); droughts are common..

14 provinces (Provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 special municipality* (municipio especial); Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana, Las Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba and Villa Clara

Left to right: Bee Hummingbird (Martin Davies), Zapata Sparrow (Chris Bradshaw) & Cuban Grassquit (Barry Wright

In conclusion I would like to say that from doing this portfolio that I learned a lot about Cuba and its government and interesting topics.

I got my information from: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cu.html www.google.com http://www.birdfair.org.uk/projects/2001.htm

and some of my back rounds from http://www.freebackgrounds.com/