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ID: 7004624
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Record Type: administrative |
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Cuba (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 21 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 21.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 080 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -80.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises a large island of the same name and several smaller islands; area was inhabited by Ciboney, Guanahatabey and Taino (Arawaks) when Columbus arrived in 1492; Spanish colonized in 1511, native people soon died; Africans were brought here as slaves for plantations; official language is Spanish. |
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| Cuba (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Cuba (French-P,U,N)
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| Cuba (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| República de Cuba (C,V,Spanish,U,N)
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| Republic of Cuba (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Cuba, Republic of (C,V)
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| Kuba (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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| CUB (C,O,ISO3L)
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| CU (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO192 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| CU00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Cuban (C,O,English,U,A)
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Cuba (nation) (P) |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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independence from Spain proclaimed on May 20, 1902; revolution established communist state in 1959 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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unitary socialist republic, constitution established February 24, 1976 |
| island nation (C) |
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| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
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