chief of mission: Ambassador Koffi Moise KOUMOUE-KOFFI
chancery: 2424 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 797-0300
Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Lannon WALKER
embassy: 5 Rue Jesse Owens, Abidjan
mailing address: 01 B. P. 1712, Abidjan
telephone: [225] 21 09 79
FAX: [225] 22 32 59
Flag description: three equal vertical bands of orange (hoist side),
white, and green; similar to the flag of Ireland, which is longer and
has the colors reversed - green (hoist side), white, and orange; also
similar to the flag of Italy, which is green (hoist side), white, and
red; design was based on the flag of France
@Cote d'Ivoire:Economy
Economy-overview: Cote d'Ivoire is among the world's largest producers
and exporters of coffee, cocoa beans, and palm oil. Consequently, the
economy is highly sensitive to fluctuations in international prices
for these products and to weather conditions. Despite attempts by the
government to diversify the economy, it is still largely dependent on
agriculture and related activities, which engage roughly 85% of the
population. After several years of lagging performance, the Ivorian
economy began a comeback in 1994, due to improved prices for cocoa and
coffee, growth in nontraditional primary exports such as pineapples
and rubber, limited trade and banking liberalization, offshore oil and
gas discoveries, and generous external financing and debt rescheduling
by multilateral lenders and France. The 50% devaluation of Franc Zone
currencies on 12 January 1994 caused a one-time jump in the inflation
rate to 26% in 1994, but the rate fell to 7% in 1996 and an estimated
3.4% in 1997. Moreover, government adherence to donor-mandated reforms
led to a jump in growth rates-6.5% in GDP in 1996 and again in 1997.
GDP: purchasing power parity-$25.8 billion (1997 est.)
GDP-real growth rate: 6.5% (1997 est.)
GDP-per capita: purchasing power parity-$1,700 (1997 est.)
GDP-composition by sector:
agriculture: 31%
industry: 20%
services: 49% (1995)
Inflation rate-consumer price index: 3.4% (1997 est.)
Labor force: NA
Unemployment rate: NA%
Budget:
revenues: $2.4 billion
expenditures: $2.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $600
million (1996 est.)
Industries: foodstuffs, beverages; wood products, oil refining,
automobile assembly, textiles, fertilizer, construction materials,
electricity
Industrial production growth rate: 9% (first half of 1996)
Electricity-capacity: 1.173 million kW (1995)
Electricity-production: 1.875 billion kWh (1995)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 127 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: coffee, cocoa beans, bananas, palm kernels,
corn, rice, manioc (tapioca), sweet potatoes, sugar; cotton, rubber;
timber
Exports:
total value: $4.2 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities: cocoa 36%, coffee 22%; tropical woods 4%, petroleum,
cotton, bananas, pineapples, palm oil, cotton, fish
partners: France 18%, Germany 8%, Italy 8%, Netherlands 8%, Burkina
Faso, Mali, US, UK
Imports:
total value: $3.2 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities: food, consumer goods; capital goods, fuel, transport
equipment
partners: France 32%, Nigeria 20%, US 6%, Ghana, Germany, Italy
Debt-external: $16.1 billion (1996 est.)
Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $552 million (1993)
Currency: 1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (CFAF) = 100
centimes
Exchange rates: CFA francs (CFAF) per US$1-608.36 (January 1998),
583.67 (1997), 511.55 (1996), 499.15 (1995), 555.20 (1994), 283.16
(1993)
note: beginning 12 January 1994, the CFA franc was devalued to CFAF
100 per French franc from CFAF 50 at which it had been fixed since
1948
Fiscal year: calendar year
Communications
Telephones: 87,700 (1987 est.)
Telephone system: well-developed by African standards but operating
well below capacity
domestic: open-wire lines and microwave radio relay
international: satellite earth stations-2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean
and 1 Indian Ocean); 2 coaxial submarine cables
Radio broadcast stations: AM 71, FM 0, shortwave 13
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: 18
Televisions: 810,000 (1993 est.)
@Cote d'Ivoire:Transportation
Railways:
total: 660 km
narrow gauge: 660 km 1.000-meter gauge; 25 km double track (1995 est.)
Highways:
total: 50,400 km
paved: 4,889 km
unpaved: 45,511 km (1996 est.)
Waterways: 980 km navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal
lagoons
Ports and harbors: Abidjan, Aboisso, Dabou, San-Pedro
Merchant marine:
total: 1 oil tanker (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,200 GRT/1,500 DWT
(1997 est.)
Airports: 36 (1997 est.)
Airports-with paved runways:
total: 7
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (1997 est.)
Airports-with unpaved runways:
total: 29
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 9 (1997 est.)
@Cote d'Ivoire:Military
Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie,
Presidential Guard
Military manpower-military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower-availability:
males age 15-49: 3,583,410 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-fit for military service:
males: 1,866,896 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-reaching military age annually:
males: 172,000 (1998 est.)
Military expenditures-dollar figure: $140 million (1993)
Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 1.4% (1993)
@Cote d'Ivoire:Transnational Issues
Disputes-international: none
Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis, mostly for local
consumption; minor transshipment point for Southwest and Southeast
Asian heroin to Europe and occasionally to the US, and for Latin
American cocaine destined for Europe
______________________________________________________________________
CROATIA
@Croatia:Geography
Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
Geographic coordinates: 45 10 N, 15 30 E
Map references: Europe
Area:
total: 56,538 sq km
land: 56,410 sq km
water: 128 sq km
Area-comparative: slightly smaller than West Virginia
Land boundaries:
total: 2,197 km
border countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km,
Serbia and Montenegro 266 km (241 km with Serbia; 25 km with
Montenego), Slovenia 670 km
Coastline: 5,790 km (mainland 1,778 km, islands 4,012 km)
Maritime claims:
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
territorial sea: 12 nm
Climate: Mediterranean and continental; continental climate
predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry
summers along coast
Terrain: geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border,
low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coast, coastline, and
islands
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Dinara 1,830 m
Natural resources: oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore,
calcium, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt
Land use:
arable land: 21%
permanent crops: 2%
permanent pastures: 20%
forests and woodland: 38%
other: 19% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land: 30 sq km (1993 est.)
Natural hazards: frequent and destructive earthquakes
Environment-current issues: air pollution (from metallurgical plants)
and resulting acid rain is damaging the forests; coastal pollution
from industrial and domestic waste; widespread casualties and
destruction of infrastructure in border areas affected by civil strife
Environment-international agreements:
party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Hazardous
Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer
Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Desertification
Geography-note: controls most land routes from Western Europe to
Aegean Sea and Turkish Straits
@Croatia:People
Population: 4,671,584 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 17% (male 411,022; female 389,354)
15-64 years: 68% (male 1,591,716; female 1,592,485)
65 years and over: 15% (male 262,471; female 424,536) (July 1998 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.13% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 10.45 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 11.14 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: 1.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.61 male(s)/female (1998 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 8 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73.75 years
male: 70.43 years
female: 77.28 years (1998 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.54 children born/woman (1998 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Croat(s)
adjective: Croatian
Ethnic groups: Croat 78%, Serb 12%, Muslim 0.9%, Hungarian 0.5%,
Slovenian 0.5%, others 8.1% (1991)
Religions: Catholic 76.5%, Orthodox 11.1%, Slavic Muslim 1.2%,
Protestant 0.4%, others and unknown 10.8%
Languages: Serbo-Croatian 96%, other 4% (including Italian, Hungarian,
Czechoslovak, and German)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 99%
female: 95% (1991 est.)
@Croatia:Government
Country name:
conventional long form: Republic of Croatia
conventional short form: Croatia
local long form: Republika Hrvatska
local short form: Hrvatska
Data code: HR
Government type: presidential/parliamentary democracy
National capital: Zagreb
Administrative divisions: 21 counties (zupanijas, zupanija-singular):
Bjelovar-Bilogora, City of Zagreb, Dubrovnik-Neretva, Istra, Karlovac,
Koprivnica-Krizevci, Krapina-Zagorje, Lika-Senj, Medimurje,
Osijek-Baranja, Pozega-Slavonia, Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Sibenik,
Sisak-Moslavina, Slavonski Brod-Posavina, Split-Dalmatia, Varazdin,
Virovitica-Podravina, Vukovar-Srijem, Zadar-Knin, Zagreb
Independence: 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
National holiday: Statehood Day, 30 May (1990)
Constitution: adopted on 22 December 1990
Legal system: based on civil law system
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal (16 years of age, if employed)
Executive branch:
chief of state: President Franjo TUDJMAN (since 30 May 1990)
head of government: Prime Minister Zlatko MATESA (since 7 November
1995); Deputy Prime Ministers Mate GRANIC (since 8 September 1992),
Ivica KOSTOVIC (since 14 October 1993), Jure RADIC (since NA October
1994), Borislav SKEGRO (since 3 April 1993), and Ljerka MINTAS-HODAK
(since November 1995)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president
elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;
election last held 15 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2002); prime
minister and deputy prime ministers appointed by the president
election results: President Franjo TUDJMAN reelected; percent of
vote-Franjo TUDJMAN 61%, Zdravko TOMAC 21%, Vlado GOTOVAC 18%
Legislative branch: bicameral Assembly or Sabor consists of the House
of Districts or Zupanijski Dom (68 seats-63 directly elected by
popular vote, 5 presidentially appointed; members serve four-year
terms) and House of Representatives or the Zastupnicki Dom (127 seats;
members are directly elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: House of Districts-last held 13 April 1997 (next to be held
NA 2001); House of Representatives-last held 29 October 1995 (next to
be held NA 1999)
election results: House of Districts-percent of vote by party-NA;
seats by party - HDZ 42, HDZ/HSS 11, HSS 2, IDS 2, SDP/PGS/HNS 2,
SDP/HNS 2, HSLS/HSS/HNS 1, HSLS 1; note-in some districts certain
parties ran as coalitions, while in others they ran alone; House of
Representatives-percent of vote by party - HDZ 45.23%,
HSS/IDS/HNS/HKDU/SBHS 18.26%, HSLS 11.55%, SDP 8.93%, HSP 5.01%; seats
by party-HDZ 75, HSLS 12, HSS 10, SDP 10, IDS 4, HSP 4, HNS 2, SNS 2,
HND 1, ASH 1, HKDU 1, SBHS 1, independents 4
Judicial branch: Supreme Court, judges appointed for eight-year terms
by the Judicial Council of the Republic, which is elected by the House
of Representatives; Constitutional Court, judges appointed for
eight-year terms by the Judicial Council of the Republic, which is
elected by the House of Representatives
Political parties and leaders: Croatian Democratic Union or HDZ
[Franjo TUDJMAN, president]; Croatian Democratic Independents or HND
[Stjepan MESIC, president]; Croatian Social Liberal Party or HSLS
[Drazen BUDISA, president]; Liberal Party or LP [Vlado GOTOVAC,
president]; Social Democratic Party of Croatia or SDP [Ivica RACAN];
Croatian Party of Rights or HSP [Anto DJAPIC]; Croatian Party of
Rights 1861 or HSP 1861 [Dobrislav PARAGA]; Croatian Peasants' Party
or HSS [Zlatko TOMCIC]; Croatian People's Party or HNS [Radimir CACIC,
president]; Serbian National Party or SNS [Milan DJUKIC]; Action of
the Social Democrats of Croatia or ASH [Silvije DEGEN]; Croatian
Christian Democratic Union or HKDU [Marko VESELICA, president];
Istrian Democratic Assembly or IDS [Ivan JAKOVCIC]; Slanvonsko-Baranja
Croatian Party or SBHS [Damir JURIC]; Primorje Gorski Kotar Alliance;
Independent Democratic Serb Party or SDSS [Vojislav STANIMIROVIC];
Party of Democratic Action or SDA [Semso TANKOVIC]
Political pressure groups and leaders: NA
International organization participation: CCC, CE, CEI, EBRD, ECE,
FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO (pending
member), ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO,
ITU, NAM (observer), OSCE, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WToO, WTrO (applicant)
Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Miomir ZUZUL
chancery: 2343 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 588-5899
FAX: [1] (202) 588-8936
consulate(s) general: Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York
Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador William D. MONTGOMERY
embassy: Andrije Hebranga 2, Zagreb
mailing address: use street address
telephone: [385] (1) 455-55-00
FAX: [385] (1) 455-85-85
Flag description: red, white, and blue horizontal bands with Croatian
coat of arms (red and white checkered)
@Croatia:Economy
Economy-overview: Before the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the Republic
of Croatia, after Slovenia, was the most prosperous and industrialized
area, with a per capita output perhaps one-third above the Yugoslav
average. Croatia faces considerable economic problems stemming from:
the legacy of longtime communist mismanagement of the economy; damage
during the internecine fighting to bridges, factories, power lines,
buildings, and houses; the large refugee and displaced population,
both Croatian and Bosnian; and the disruption of economic ties.
Western aid and investment, especially in the tourist and oil
industries, would help restore the economy. The government has been
successful in some reform efforts-partially macroeconomic
stabilization policies-and it has normalized relations with its
creditors. Yet it still is struggling with privatization of large
state enterprises and with bank reform.
GDP: purchasing power parity-$22.7 billion (1997 est.)
GDP-real growth rate: 4.4% (1997 est.)
GDP-per capita: purchasing power parity-$4,500 (1997 est.)
GDP-composition by sector:
agriculture: 12%
industry: 24%
services: 64% (1995 est.)
Inflation rate-consumer price index: 3.7% (1997 est.)
Labor force:
total: 1.444 million (1995)
by occupation: industry and mining 31.1%, agriculture 4.3%, government
19.1% (including education and health), other 45.5% (1993)
Unemployment rate: 15.9% (yearend 1997 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $5.3 billion
expenditures: $6.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $78.5
million (1997 est.)
Industries: chemicals and plastics, machine tools, fabricated metal,
electronics, pig iron and rolled steel products, aluminum, paper, wood
products, construction materials, textiles, shipbuilding, petroleum
and petroleum refining, food and beverages; tourism
Industrial production growth rate: 0% (1995)
Electricity-capacity: 3.593 million kW (1995)
Electricity-production: 7.15 billion kWh (1995)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 2,315 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: wheat, corn, sugar beets, sunflower seed,
alfalfa, clover, olives, citrus, grapes, vegetables; livestock
breeding, dairy farming
Exports:
total value: $4.3 billion (f.o.b., 1997)
commodities: machinery and transport equipment 13.6%, miscellaneous
manufactures 27.6%, chemicals 14.2%, food and live animals 12.2%, raw
materials 6.1%, fuels and lubricants 9.4%, beverages and tobacco 2.7%
(1993)
partners: Germany 22%, Italy 21%, Slovenia 18% (1994)
Imports:
total value: $9.1 billion (c.i.f., 1997)
commodities: machinery and transport equipment 23.1%, fuels and
lubricants 8.8%, food and live animals 9.0%, chemicals 14.2%,
miscellaneous manufactured articles 16.0%, raw materials 3.5%,
beverages and tobacco 1.4% (1993)
partners: Germany 21%, Italy 19%, Slovenia 10% (1994)
Debt-external: $5.904 billion (October 1997)
Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA
note: IMF has given Croatia $192 million; World Bank has given Croatia
$100 million
Currency: 1 Croatian kuna (HRK) = 100 lipas
Exchange rates: Croatian kuna per US$1-6.369 (January 1998), 6.101
(1997), 5.434 (1996), 5.230 (1995), 5.996 (1994), 3.577 (1993)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Communications
Telephones: 1.216 million (1993 est.)
Telephone system:
domestic: NA
international: no satellite earth stations
Radio broadcast stations: AM 14, FM 8, shortwave 0
Radios: 1.1 million
Television broadcast stations: 12 (repeaters 2)
Televisions: 1.52 million (1992 est.)
@Croatia:Transportation
Railways:
total: 1,907 km
standard gauge: 1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (769 km electrified)
note: some lines remain inoperative or not in use; disrupted by
territorial dispute (1997)
Highways:
total: 27,247 km
paved: 22,206 km (including 318 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,041 km (1996 est.)
Waterways: 785 km perennially navigable; Sava blocked by downed
bridges
Pipelines: crude oil 670 km; petroleum products 20 km; natural gas 310
km (1992); note-under repair following territorial dispute
Ports and harbors: Dubrovnik, Omisalj, Ploce, Pula, Rijeka, Sibenik,
Split, Zadar
Merchant marine:
total: 72 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 793,114 GRT/1,187,908 DWT
ships by type: bulk 13, cargo 31, chemical tanker 2, combination bulk
5, container 5, liquefied gas 1, multi-function large load carrier 3,
oil tanker 2, passenger 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3, short-sea
passenger 5
note: Croatia owns an additional 80 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
2,057,523 DWT operating under the registries of Malta, Liberia,
Cyprus, Panama, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1997 est.)
Airports: 71 (1997 est.)
Airports-with paved runways:
total: 20
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 7 (1997 est.)
Airports-with unpaved runways:
total: 51
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 42 (1997 est.)
Heliports: 2 (1997 est.)
@Croatia:Military
Military branches: Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air and Air Defense
Forces, Frontier Guard, Home Guard
Military manpower-military age: 19 years of age
Military manpower-availability:
males age 15-49: 1,191,191 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-fit for military service:
males: 945,746 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-reaching military age annually:
males: 33,736 (1998 est.)
Military expenditures-dollar figure: $1.5 billion (1997)
Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 8.2% (1997)
@Croatia:Transnational Issues
Disputes-international: Eastern Slavonia, which was held by ethnic
Serbs during the ethnic conflict, was returned to Croatian control by
the UN Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia on 15 January
1998; Croatia and Italy made progress toward resolving a bilateral
issue dating from WWII over property and ethnic minority rights;
significant progress has been made with Slovenia toward resolving a
maritime border dispute over direct access to the sea in the Adriatic;
Serbia and Montenegro is disputing Croatia's claim to the Prevlaka
Peninsula in southern Croatia because it controls the entrance to Boka
Kotorska in Montenegro; Prevlaka is currently under observation by the
UN military observer mission in Prevlaka (UNMOP)
Illicit drugs: transit point along the Balkan route for Southwest
Asian heroin to Western Europe; a minor transit point for maritime
shipments of South American cocaine bound for Western Europe
______________________________________________________________________
CUBA
@Cuba:Geography
Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North
Atlantic Ocean, south of Florida
Geographic coordinates: 21 30 N, 80 00 W
Map references: Central America and the Caribbean
Area:
total: 110,860 sq km
land: 110,860 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Area-comparative: slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
Land boundaries:
total: 29 km
border countries: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay 29 km
note: Guantanamo Naval Base is leased by the US and thus remains part
of Cuba
Coastline: 3,735 km
Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm
Climate: tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to
April); rainy season (May to October)
Terrain: mostly flat to rolling plains with rugged hills and mountains
in the southeast
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Pico Turquino 2,005 m
Natural resources: cobalt, nickel, iron ore, copper, manganese, salt,
timber, silica, petroleum
Land use:
arable land: 24%
permanent crops: 7%
permanent pastures: 27%
forests and woodland: 24%
other: 18% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land: 9,100 sq km (1993 est.)
Natural hazards: the east coast is subject to hurricanes from August
to October (in general, the country averages about one hurricane every
other year); droughts are common
Environment-current issues: pollution of Havana Bay; overhunting
threatens wildlife populations; deforestation
Environment-international agreements:
party to: Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,
Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer
Protection, Ship Pollution
signed, but not ratified: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Marine
Life Conservation
Geography-note: largest country in Caribbean
@Cuba:People
Population: 11,050,729 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 22% (male 1,247,339; female 1,182,612)
15-64 years: 69% (male 3,795,310; female 3,777,454)
65 years and over: 9% (male 490,883; female 557,131) (July 1998 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.42% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 13.13 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 7.35 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: -1.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female (1998 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 7.89 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 75.64 years
male: 73.29 years
female: 78.13 years (1998 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.57 children born/woman (1998 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Cuban(s)
adjective: Cuban
Ethnic groups: mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1%
Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 85% prior to CASTRO assuming
power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also
represented
Languages: Spanish
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.7%
male: 96.2%
female: 95.3% (1995 est.)
@Cuba:Government
Country name:
conventional long form: Republic of Cuba
conventional short form: Cuba
local long form: Republica de Cuba
local short form: Cuba
Data code: CU
Government type: Communist state