Cuba
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- Names
Cuba
República de Cuba
Kuba
CUB
CU
ISO192
CU00
Cuban
- Place Type
- nation
- Description
- 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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- Source
- Britannica Book of the Year (1992); Britannica Book of the Year (1993); Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990); Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988); Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990); Canby, Historic Places (1984); Cassell's German Dictionary (1982); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); ISO Country Codes (1996); ISO Handbook (1988); NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998); NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); Times Atlas of the World (1992)...
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