Cuba
Island country in the CaribbeanCuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, and 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola, and north of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital. Cuba is the third-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with about 10 million inhabitants. It is the largest country in the Caribbean by area.
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AI Generated- 10/12/1492Christopher Columbus first landed on an island then called Guanahani.
- 10/27/1492Christopher Columbus landed on Cuba.
- 10/28/1492Christopher Columbus landed on the northeastern coast of Cuba.