GENERALITIES Total area. 110,922 square kilometeres. Farthest distance. 1250 km from Punta de Quemados to San Antonio Cape. Population density: 99 inhabitants per square kilometer. Capital: Ciudad de La Habana, over 2'200,000 inhabitants. Main cities. Santiago de Cuba, Camagüey and Holguín. Official Language. Spanish. Official Currency. Cuban peso; although the Dollar, for tourists, in all the country. In some cities, the Euro (€). Political system. Socialist republic. Legislative Power. National Assembly of the Popular Power (510 members elected every 5 years) Head of State and President. Fidel Castro Ruz First Vice-President. Raúl Castro Ruz State Council Vice-Presidents. Juan Almeida Bosque Abelardo Colomé Ibarra Carlos Lage Dávila Esteban Lazo Hernández José Ramón Machado Ventura Vice-Presidents of the Council of Ministers. José Ramón Fernández Álvarez Pedro Miret Prieto José Luis Rodríguez García President of the National Assembly. Ricardo Alarcón Quesada Provinces. Pinar del Río, La Habana, Ciudad de La Habana, Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Villa Clara, Sancti Spíritus, Ciego de Ávila, Camagüey, Las Tunas, Holguín, Granma, Santiago de Cuba y Guantánamo, así como el Municipio Especial de Isla de la Juventud. Main industries. Tourism, cane sugar, tobacco, coffee, citrus fruits, rum, fishing, nickel, chrome, manganese, biotechnology and pharmaceutical products. Religious. Catholic, Protestants and Afrocuban (the latter divided into "Santeria", "Palo Monte" and "Abakúa") Climate. Subtropical. The hottest month is July with an average temperature of 280 Celsius, while the coldest month is January, having an average of 210 Celsius. The average temperature is 25.50 Celsius. The relative humidity is 78%. The rainy season is from May to October. Mountain Ranges. Sierra Maestra, Sierra del Escambray, and Gauniguanico. The Turquino Peak, on the Sierra Maestra, is the highest point and reaches 1,978 meters. Rivers. The Cauto is the longest river with 370 km, while the Toa has the largest volume. Beaches. Officially there are 289 beaches. Kilometers of coastline. 5,746. Distance between cities.

Distance in Km   Pinar del Río   La Habana     Matan- zas   Cien- fuegos   Santa Clara   Sancti Spíritus   Ciego de Ávila   Cama- güey     Holguín   San- tiago de Cuba   Guan- tána- mo   Pinar del Río   147 264 421 435 513 588 698 899 1024 1074 La Habana 147   98 256 270 348 423 533 734 860 910 Matanzas 264 98   241 199 284 359 469 671 797 847 Cienfuegos 421 256 241   61 145 220 330 532 658 702 Santa Clara 435 270 199 61   85 160 270 472 598 648 Sancti Spíritus 513 348 284 145 85   75 186 387 513 563 Ciego de Ávila 588 423 359 220 160 75   170 312 438 488 Camagüey 698 533 469 330 270 186 170   202 328 378 Holguín 899 734 671 532 472 387 312 202   134 182 Santiago de Cuba 1024 860 797 658 598 513 438 328 134   86 Guantánamo 1074 910 847 702 648 563 488 378 182 86