Cuba: Flag and Facts
Cuba's flag has five horizontal stripes, three blue and two white, with a red triangle on the left holding a single white five-pointed star.
- Official name
- Republic of Cuba
- Capital
- Havana
- Region
- Caribbean
- Population
- 10 million (2025)
- Languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- Cuban convertible peso, Cuban peso
- Area
- 109,884 km² (42,426 sq mi)
- People
- Cuban
- Calling code
- +53
- Highest point
- Pico Turquino 1,974 m
- Independence
- 20 May 1902 (from US administration)
- National symbols
- royal palm
- Borders
- No land borders
About Cuba
Each blue stripe stands for one of the three old departments (Central, Occidental and Oriental). Each white one mean the pure ideal of independence. The triangle points to liberty, equality and fraternity, and its red recalls blood spilled for independence. The star, nicknamed the Lone Star, took its idea from the Texas state flag.
Spain ruled Cuba for centuries after Columbus arrived in 1492. Enslaved Africans were forced to work on sugar and coffee plantations, while Havana served as the starting point for treasure fleets sailing to Spain. Spanish rule ended in 1898 with US help, and Cuba became a republic in 1902 after more than three years of US military control. Today the island is a communist state, and its national holiday on 1 January marks the 1959 revolution.
Did you know?
- The royal palm is the national symbol of Cuba.
- Pico Turquino is the tallest mountain on the island at 1,974 meters.
- The national anthem is La Bayamesa, meaning The Bayamo Song.
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Questions about Cuba
What is the capital of Cuba?
Havana, a city of about 2.149 million people as of 2023.
How many people live in Cuba?
Around 10 million, based on a 2025 count of 10,059,519.
Sources
- CIA World Factbook, checked October 8, 2026
- REST Countries data (mledoze/countries), checked October 8, 2026
- Flag artwork: flag-icons (MIT), checked October 8, 2026
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