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Cuba Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 11,217   Population 2000 (UN '000) 11,199
Area (km2) 111,199   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 26
Number of Administrative Units 169   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 66
Number of Urban Extents 109   Number of Settlement Points 140

Cuba Details

Names
ISO3-Code CUB
Continent North America
Country Name Cuba
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Provincia
Level2 Type Municipio
Number of Units 169
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 66
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2000
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 10,863
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 11,031
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 11,217
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 10,629
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 10,964
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 11,199
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 111,199
Average Input Resolution (km) 26
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 140
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 2,186,632
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 2,297
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 68,109
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 109
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 605
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 2
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 72
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 7,874
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 440,867
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,261
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 48,876
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,327,491
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 7%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 48%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 76%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 67
Regression-estimated Extents 46
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Population for 1991 from Census of Cuba 1991 - digital data from the United Nations Statistics Division''s Software Development Project. Population 2000 from the Anuario Estadistico de Cuba 2000 from the Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas.
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Settlement Point Population Source Data:
2001 Statistical Annual, Cuba, Officina Nacional de Estadisticas (ONE), UN Statistical Library; World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
Map, NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Places with 2,000 inhabitants or more, and places with fewer inhabitants but having paved streets, street lighting, piped water, sewage, a medical centre and educational facilities.
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