9 interesting facts about Cuba
- The Flag of Cuba was designed in 1850 by rebels that wanted independence form Spain.
- Cuba comprises of more than 4,000 islands and cays.
- Cuba is the most populated country in the whole of the Caribbean.
- Butterfly Jasmine is the official Flower of Cuba.
- When Christopher Columbus first stumbled upon Cuba in 1492 he thought he had landed in China. Cuba was claimed by Christopher Columbus as a Spanish colony in 1492.
- Rumba, Salsa, Cha-cha-cha Music and Dance are the passions of Cubans.
- Only Russia, which is much larger, has more nickel reserves than Cuba.
- Tourism is Cuba’s main source of hard currency. The Government predicts seven million visitors a year by 2010.
- Fidel Castro led Cuba for 49 years and was the world’s third longest-serving head of state, after Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and the King of Thailand.
