Geography

Cuba

The Geography of Cuba The basics

- Total area of 42,803 square miles - 90 miles south of the U.S. - Low hills - Pico Turquino is the highest mountain with a height of 8,320 feet - Made up of two main islands. - About as big as Pennsylvania

The Advanced Because Cuba is an island, they are prone to hurricanes and it is harder to attack other countries. They the second largest reserves of nickel after Russia and are predicted to have billions of barrels of oil and trillions of square feet of natural gas. People from the United States can visit Cuba but they have to have a license to spend any money, even though tourism is a major part of Cuba's economy.