Cuba The Republic of Cuba is located in the Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Mexico (210 km) and the United States (180 km) It is formed by the island of Cuba, the Isle of Youth and more than 1,600 islets, and is part of the Greater Antilles archipelago. It has 11,217,000 inhabitants. Havana, its capital, is a seaport and has 3,000,000 inhabitants. The old quarter of the capital, Old Havana, is a World Heritage Site. There are many monuments of the Spanish colonial era. The official language is Spanish. In Cuba the climate is good and there are magnificent beaches like Varadero and Santa Lucía. Cubans love music and dancing, for example, salsa. There are very famous Cuban singers in the world, such as Gloria Estefan and Compay Segundo. These are some plants and some typical animals of Cuba: sugarcane tropical fruits such as pineapple, mango or coconut; the tobacco plantations; the tocororo, flamenco and zunzuncito (the smallest bird in the world). In Spanish – En Es