Cuba is an island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, south of Florida. Its geographic coordinates are 21 30 N, 80 00 W. Here is the map of Cuba. I was born in Sancti Spiritus.

The island has a total area of 110,860 sq km, comparatively slightly smaller than Pennsylvania. The total length of the coastline is 3,735 km

In total the country has 14 provinces (provincias, singular provincia) and 1 special municipality* (municipio especial); Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana, Las Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara. The capital of the country is Havana City