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GeographyLocation: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, south of Florida
Area: Land boundaries: total 29 km, US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay 29 km Coastline: 3,735 km
PeoplePopulation: 10,937,635 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.65% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 14.54 births/1,000 population Death rate: 6.53 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -1.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 8.1 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.63 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1% Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 85% prior to Castro assuming power Languages: Spanish
Literacy:
age 15-49 and over can read and write (1981)
Government
Names:
Type: Communist state Capital: Havana Independence: 20 May 1902 (from Spain 10 December 1898; administered by the US from1898 to 1902) Constitution: 24 February 1976
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $14 billion National product real growth rate: 0.4% National product per capita: $1,260 Inflation rate (consumer prices): Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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| An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games. |