Cuba
is the biggest and western of Antilles and it is located strategically
the entrance of the Gulf of Mexico, its southern coast is taken
a bath by the Caribbean Sea and the north by the Atlantic Ocean
and the Gulf of Mexico.
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Cuba
is really an archipelago formed by the island of Cuba (104 945
km² - 40 520 mi²), Island of Pines (2 200 km² -
850 mi²) and around 4 195 keys and islands of small size
with 3 715 km² (1 435 mi²); in total the surface of
the country is about 110 860 km² (42 830 mi²) and its
geographical limits are among the 20º 12 ' 36 '' and the
23º 17 ' 09 '' of north latitude and among the 80º 53
' 55 '' and the 84º 57 ' 54 '' of longitude west. Only the
island of Cuba and Island of Pines have conditions to support
a population resident permanently.
Island
of Cuba has a longitude (east-west) of 1 250 km (780 miles) and
a width average (north-south) that varies between 32 and 210 km
(20-131 miles) and has 5 800 km of coasts approximately (3 625
miles). Lengthened and narrows of the country has been compared
with a cayman and it facilitates that the Trade winds allow to
feel their refreshing influence in the whole territory.
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