maps of cuba

The maps of Cuba show that it is located in the Caribbean with a close proximity with the United States. Cuba maps an area of around 110,861 square kilometer. Its capital city is called Havana which is also the largest city in Cuba.

The official language of the country is Spanish. The country is a one party socialist republic in other words a communist state. It got its independence from Spain in 1868 and in 1902 from United States. Christopher Columbus was supposed to have landed here.

The Cuban economy is a state controlled and planned. Almost its entire means of production is owned by the state and almost all of its labour forces are employed by the state. Capital investments are restricted and require an approval by the government.

People can not change jobs without government approval. For all those with travel maps of Cuba, they must keep in mind that tourism here is restricted to enclave resorts and the mixing of tourists with local Cubans was restricted earlier. Tourism in some years has surpassed the Cuban sugar industry. This has lead to the development of tourism infrastructure. Places to see are its capital city and places like Santiago de Cuba.