Cuba

Cuba

Sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises the eponymous main island as well as 4,195 islands, islets, and cays. Situated at the convergence of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean, Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula, south of both Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola, and north of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital. Cuba is the third-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti and Dominican Republic, with about 10 million inhabitants. It is the largest country in the Caribbean by area. Culturally, Cuba is considered part of Latin America.

Also known as...Republic of Cuba, cu, and CUB
Cuba Suffers Second Nationwide Blackout in a Week

Cuba Suffers Second Nationwide Blackout in a Week Cuba's national electrical grid collapsed entirely on Friday, the second total outage in less than a week.