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4. 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

6. # FIDEL CASTRO RUZ is the leader of Cuba # Cuba is a Communist state

7. #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

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

9. 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

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

11.  Havana  Mariel  Pinar Del Rio  Matanzas  Santa Clara  Cienfuegos  Guantanamo  Nuevitas  Camaguey  Holguin  Manzunillo  Bayamo  Stantiago De Cuba

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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..

15. 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

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

18. 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.

19. 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 http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cu. html http://www.birdfair.org.uk/projects/2001.htm and some of my back rounds from http://www.freebackgrounds.com/ http://www.freebackgrounds.com/