| Capital | nombre: Havana coordenadas geográficas: 23 07 N, 82 21 W diferencia de tiempo: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November; note - Cuba has been known to alter the schedule of DST on short notice in an attempt to conserve electricity for lighting etymology: the sites of Spanish colonial cities often retained their original Taino names; Habana, the Spanish name for the city, may be based on the name of a local Taino chief, Habaguanex |
| División administrativa | 15 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 special municipality* (municipio especial); Artemisa, Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana, Las Tunas, Matanzas, Mayabeque, Pinar del Rio, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara |
| Independencia | 20 Mayo 1902 (from Spain 10 Diciembre 1898; administered by the US from 1898 to 1902); not acknowledged by the Cuban Government as a day of independence |
| Feriado nacional | Triumph of the Revolution (Liberation Day), 1 Enero (1959) |
| Constitución | history: several previous; latest drafted 14 Julio 2018, approved by the National Assembly 22 Diciembre 2018, approved by referendum 24 Febrero 2019 amendments: proposed by the National Assembly of People’s Power; passage requires approval of at least two-thirds majority of the National Assembly membership; amendments to constitutional articles on the authorities of the National Assembly, Council of State, or any rights and duties in the constitution also require approval in a referendum; constitutional articles on the Cuban political, social, and economic system cannot be modificada (2018) |
| Sufragio | 16 años de edad; universal |
| Poder Executivo | jefe de estado: Presidente Miguel DIAZ-CANEL Bermudez (desde 10 October 2019); Vice Presidente Salvador Antonio VALDES Mesa (desde 10 October 2019); note - the president is both jefe de estado and jefe de gobierno jefe de gobierno: Presidente Miguel DIAZ-CANEL Bermudez (desde 10 October 2019); Vice Presidente Salvador Antonio VALDES Mesa (desde 10 October 2019) cabinet: Council of Ministers proposed by the president and appointed by the National Assembly; it is subordinate to the 31-member Council of State, which is elected by the Assembly to act on its behalf when it is not in session elections/appointments: president and vice president indirectly elected by the National Assembly for a 5-year term (may be reelected for another 5-year term); election last held on 10 October 2019 (next to be held in 2024) election results: Miguel DIAZ-CANEL Bermudez (PCC) elected president; percent of National Assembly vote - 98.8%; Salvador Antonio VALDES Mesa (PCC) elected vice president; percent of National Assembly vote - 98.1% note - on 19 April 2018, DIAZ-CANEL succeeded Raul CASTRO as president of the Council of State; on 10 October 2019 he was elected to the newly recreated position of Presidente of the Republic, which replaced the position of Presidente of the Council of State |
Fuente: CIA World Factbook
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