Cuba
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Entity:
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Cuba
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Main prefix:
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CO
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Prefixes logged:
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CM4,
CM6, CO2, CO3, CO6, CO7, CO8, T49
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Time zone:
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UTC -5 hours
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Continent:
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North America
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ITU zone:
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11
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CQ zone:
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8
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| Islands on the Air (IOTA) Groups | NA056 La Juventud Island, NA086 Ciego / De Avila / Camaguey Province North, NA093 Pinar Del Rio/ La Habana Province, NA201 Ciego /De Vvila / Camaguey Province South, NA204 Matanzas / Villa Clara / Sancti Spiritus Province, NA218 Las Tunas / Holguin / Santiago De Cuba Province. |
| QSL Bureau |
Federación de Radioaficionados de Cuba, Box 1, Habana 10100
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Capital:
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Havana
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Geographic
coordinates: |
21° 30' N, 80° 00' W
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Borders
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US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay 29 km
Guantanamo Naval Base is leased by the US and thus remains part of Cuba |
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Coastline:
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3,735 km
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Elevation
extremes: |
Caribbean Sea 0 m - Pico Turquino 2,005 m
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Internet
country code: |
.cu
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| Country dialing code: | 53 (not Guantanmo Bay which is 5399) |
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Independence:
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20 May 1902 (from Spain 10 December 1898, administered by
the US from 1898 to 1902)
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Government
type: |
Communist state
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