Page 18 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Cuba

16  INTRODUCING CUBA
UNITED
Putting Cuba on the Map STA TES OF
AMERICA
Washed by the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the
waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba is the largest island in the
Greater Antilles, situated just south of the Tropic of Cancer.
THE
It lies only 180 km (112 miles) from Florida and 210 km BAHAMAS
(130 miles) from Mexico, while Haiti and Jamaica are slightly less
than 80 km (50 miles) and 140 km (87 miles) away, respectively.
Cuba is not a single island, but a varied archipelago with a total
surface area of 110,922 sq km (42,815 sq miles). Lying on an east-
west axis, the main island, the elongated Isla Grande, is about
1,250 km (776 miles) long and 100 km (62 miles) wide on
average. Around it are five archipelagos: Colorados, Sabana,
Camagüey, Canarreos and Jardines de la Reina, consisting of
thousands of cayos (keys and small islands). The largest minor
island is Isla de la Juventud. Cuba has about 11 million inhabitants,
2,500,000 of whom live in Havana, the capital. J a r d i n e s d e l R e y

Archipiélago de los Colorados Mariel Havana See inset Matanzas Colón la Grande Remedios Santa María THE BAHAMAS
Varadero
map below
Archipiélago de Sabana
Sagua
Cayo Levisa
Jovellanos
Batabanó
Cayo
Melena
del Sur
Golfo de
Cayo
del Río
Coco
Batabanó
Isabel Rubio Pinar San Cristóbal Jagüey Grande Santa Chambas Ar chipiélago de Camagüey
Playa Larga
Clara
San
Cienfuegos Rafael
Jatibonico Morón
Nueva Gerona
Júcaro Sancti Esmeralda
María Spíritus Ciego de
la Gorda La Victoria La Fé Trinidad Ávila
Isla de la Cayo Júcaro Florida Nuevitas Santa Lucía
Juventud Largo
Ar chipiélag o de los Canarreos Camagüey Minas Manatí
Vertientes Guardalavaca
Gibara
Guáimaro Las Tunas
0 kilometres 75 G Holguín
r Jobabo
0 miles 75
e Santa Cruz Moa
a Jardines de la Reina del Sur Cueto Mayarí
t Sagua de
e Bayamo Jiguani Tánamo Baracoa
r Manzanillo
La Maya Guantánamo
Media Luna Yara Palma Soriano

0 km 4 Niquero El Cobre San Antonio
Santa María Santiago del Sur
0 miles 4 del Mar Pilón de Cuba
Bay of Cojímar
Havana Tarará
Casablanca
HAVANA GRAND
El Vedado Regla Minas CAYMAN A n t i l l e s
Guanabacoa
Miramar
Santos
Suárez Embalse
Afán Bacuranao
Marianao Santa María
Santa Fé Altahabana del Rosario
San Francisco
de Paula
El Cano Embalse
Fontanar Ejército
Rebelde
Punta Las Guásimas
Brava Wajay Rancho Boyeros JAMAICA
José Martí International Airport
For keys to symbols see back flap
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