The Cuban archipelago is made up of the island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Pines old) and about 4 195 cays and islets. La Isla de Cuba es larga y estrecha, y por su configuración semeja un gran caimán. The island of Cuba is long and narrow, and its configuration resembles a large alligator. It is located in the Caribbean Sea at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico, bordered to the northwest Gulf of Mexico, north to the Straits of Florida and the Old Bahama Channel, which separate it from the United States and Bahamas respectively; to this with the Paso de los Vientos, which separates it from Jamaica and the Caribbean Sea and the west by the Yucatan Strait, which separates it from Mexico.

It measures 1200 km long, and has 5 746 km of coastline, more than 200 bays and 289 beaches. La separan 140 km de las Bahamas, 180 km de la Florida, 210 km de Cancún y 146 km de Jamaica. The 140 km apart from the Bahamas, 180 miles from Florida, 210 km from Cancun and 146 km from Jamaica. Havana (established in 1515 by order of Diego Velazquez) is the capital of the country and live in it a little more than 2 million people. The island is divided into 14 provinces and the special municipality Isla de la Juventud. The official language of the Republic of Cuba is Spanish. However, the product of cultural level in the country many of its inhabitants speak English and French.

Cuba is consisting of 14 provinces and the special municipality of:
Isla de la Juventud
The provinces are:
Pinar del Rio
La Habana y Ciudad de la Habana
Matanzas
Cienfuegos
Villa Clara (Santa Clara)
Sancti Spiritus
Ciego de Avila
Camaguey
Las Tunas
Holguin
Granma
Santiago de Cuba
Guantanamo

SPECIAL CITY ISLAND OF YOUTH

The Evangelist, who gave her first name Christopher Columbus to the Isle of Youth, served for about 400 years to pirates and smugglers as a basis for their misdeeds, to its rebirth with the revolutionary triumph of 1959. Known until 1975 as Isla de Pinos, received as of this date its current name in recognition to the thousands of young people who studied there and developed their creative work.

Earth citric and ceramics, in the flowering season of the plantations dominating Azahares the smell of the air in a sign of the upcoming crop of grapefruit and oranges, highly demanded by consumers around the globe.

On the submarine located a coral reef of extraordinary beauty, virginity and species diversity, with many sponges and abundant tubular caves, all valid for the activity of diving center The Colon, where they are offered day and night diving, underwater photography and marine facilities with berths for 15 boats with drinking water, electricity, fuel and others.

Impressive also are its beaches and jungles of compact populated rocky, leafy palms and sulphurous springs very popular with visitors.

In the historical aspect, the lovers of tradition have the Museum Finca El Abra, declared a national monument that holds samples of the stay of the national hero José Martí at the scene, as well as some of his personal belongings. At the same condition is the notorious Presidio Modelo, the only facility of its kind in Latin America that exhibits the characteristics of the prison system since the mid-20s to the revolutionary stage. In galleys met their convictions fighters for the independence of Cuba and opposition to the dictatorships that ruled the country until 1959, including Fidel Castro and other young people who stormed the Moncada Barracks, in 1953.

At the attractions offered by the beach Bibijagua, famous for its black sands due to the erosive action of the sea on the rocks of marble, joined the dance typical of Sucu-Sucu and the famous cave system in the beach resort of Punta del Este, declared National Monument for their historical values.