Cuba

Cuba (ə bə, es-am-lat-Cuba.ogg), officially the Republic of Cuba (links=no RCUB.ogg), is a country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. It is east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the U.S. state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola, and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The official area of the Republic of Cuba is abbr=on (without the territorial waters). The main island of Cuba is the largest island in Cuba and in the Caribbean, with an area of abbr=on. Cuba is the second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants.