_#_Language: Spanish
_#_Literacy: 94% (male 95%, female 93%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
_#_Labor force: 3,578,800 in state sector; services and government 30%, industry 22%, agriculture 20%, commerce 11%, construction 10%, transportation and communications 7% (June 1990); economically active population 4,620,800 (1988)
_#_Organized labor: Workers Central Union of Cuba (CTC), only labor federation approved by government; 2,910,000 members; the CTC is an umbrella organization composed of 17 member unions
_*Government #_Long-form name: Republic of Cuba
_#_Type: Communist state
_#_Capital: Havana
_#_Administrative divisions: 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
_#_Independence: 20 May 1902 (from Spain 10 December 1898; administered by the US from 1898 to 1902)
_#_Constitution: 24 February 1976