ABOUT CUBA!

THE ISLAND

• Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean
• Cuba looks like a crocodile or alligator "El Cocodrillo" or"El Caimá
• The capital and the largest city is Havana
• Cuba includes 4,000 small islands and cays
• A cay is a low island made of sand or coral

CONTINUED...

• Fidle Castro and his brother Raúl Castro
• Were estimated to be the richest people on earth
• Cubas population as if July 2013 is 11,061,886
• Fidle Castro is still alive but is sick
• More than 1 million Cubans live in Florida

BUTTERFLY JASMINE

• The national flower of Cuba is the
• BUTTERFLY JASMINE

ZUNZUNCITO

• Cuba is home to the worlds smallest bird the
• ZUNZUNCITO (bee humming bird) it weighs
• Less than a ounce and is the size of a grass hopper

ROYAL PALM

• The national tree is the
• ROYAL PALM
• It can grow 40-50 feet tall

SUGAR CANES

• Sugar from sugar cane is the main crop grown
• in Cuba, followed by tobacco which is used
• in the making of hand-crafted cigars which
• are the worlds finest

Favorite sports in cuba

• Fútbol (soccer)
• Dominoes
• baseball
• kickball

MUSIC

• The Rumba, Mambo, and the Cha Cha dances
• originated in Cuba
• The main music form is called son and is a
• combination of upbeat rhythms with a
• classical guitar

school

• School kids where different color ties- 
• for different grades
• Grades mix in some school houses

Resources

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