Everything you need to know about Cuba
Explore Cuba from Havana and the western limestone valleys to central towns, the Cauto plains and the Sierra Maestra. Learn its provinces, cities and waters, discover the histories, music, food and communities behind the places, then practise Spanish.
Read it, then make it stick
Geography of Cuba
The largest island in the Caribbean, with western limestone valleys, central plains and the Sierra Maestra in the southeast.
Know the shape of the country
Find all 15 provinces and the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud, place 24 cities and towns, then follow the Cauto and distinguish five surrounding waters. Havana’s capital province is separate from Artemisa and Mayabeque. Natural Earth supplies the generalised learning geometry, in the public domain; coastal answer areas show named waters rather than maritime boundaries.
Take Spanish with you
Greetings and politeness
Hello, please, thank you, sorry: the ten openers everything else builds on.
Keep going one country deeper
When you have had your fill of Cuba, the countries marked guide have a page like this one, and every other has maps of its own.
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