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{{Nation|common_name=Cuba|full_name=Republic of Cuba|local_name=República de Cuba|flag=Flag_of_Cuba2.png|map=Locator Cuba.png|currency=Cuban Peso (CUP)|languages={{unbulleted_list|Spanish (Official) |English}}|area=|government_type=Semi Presidential Republic|population=|largest_city=Habana|established={{unbulleted_list| Start of Spanish Settlement - 1511 |
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| Capital | Habana |
| Largest City | Habana |
| Government Type | Semi Presidential Republic |
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| Currency | Cuban Peso (CUP) |
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba (Spanish: República de Cuba [reˈpuβlika ðe ˈkuβa] (listen)) is a country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. The nations lays south of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Saint-Domingue and north of Jamaica. The largest city and capital of Cuba is the historic port of Habana with a population of 2.5 million inhabitants.
Before the start of Spanish colonization in the 15th century Cuba was inhabited by the Taíno people. From the 15th century to 1894 Cuba was a Spanish colony until the becoming an independent republic with a de facto client state relationship with the British empire. After a joint New Netherlands & Mexican intervention in the Cuban Civil War (1941-1945) the second republic of Cuba was established. In present day Cuba is a developing nation with a growing middle class, strong diplomatic relations with other nations in the Americas and a major tourism hotspot.
Etymology
Historians believe the name Cuba comes from the Taíno language, however "its exact derivation [is] unknown". The exact meaning of the name is unclear but it may be translated either as 'where fertile land is abundant' (cubao), or 'great place' (coabana).
History
Independence
The Spanish empire started to decline in the second half of the 19th century and after the Communard Wars and the subsequent Spanish economic crisis of the 1880's most Spanish colonies in the Americas gained independence. The Cuban war for independence started in 1885 and lasted for 9 years with Cuban guerilla fighters using hit and run tactics to wear down Spanish imperial forces. Starting in 1890, the British empire started to covertly support and arm the Cuban rebels in order to (1) undermine the Spanish (the British and Spanish empires relationship started to deteriorate in the 19th century due to growing political and economic conflicts) (2) to create another friendly nation to grow their sphere of influence in the newly independent post colonial Hispanic nations. In 1894 Spanish forces were finally expelled from the country and the first republic of Cuba was proclaimed.
