Interesting facts about Cuba

1. Cuba is the 17th largest island in the world.
2. As of 2013, the average monthly salary in Cuba was $20.
3. Barack Obama is the only US president to visit Cuba in the last century.
4. Only 5 percent of the Cuban population has the right to freely use the Internet.
5. The sale of Coca-Cola is officially prohibited in Cuba.
6. Dances such as Mambo, Cha-Cha, Bolero originated in Cuba.
7. Ernest Hemingway wrote his famous work “The Old Man and the Sea” in Cuba.
8. In Cuba there is a park named after John Lennon, where, on the initiative of Fidel Castro, a statue of the famous singer was erected.
9. Cuba has two different currencies. one for tourists and one for locals.
10. The official language in Cuba is Spanish.