Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

Capital

Currency

International telephone access code

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

Internet country code

GRC Country Code

   Note: This section last updated 10th April 2021

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator).

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   14:32

The official language, spoken by all native Cubans, is Spanish .

The abbreviation for Señorita used in Cuba is Srta.

Each person usually has a given name followed by two family names, that of the father followed by that of the mother, for example:

   Barbara Betancourt Perez

Upon marriage, females do not usually take their husband’s name.

Professional people are often referred to by their qualification, followed by the given name and paternal family name (and sometimes the maternal family name):

   Doctor (m) / Doctora (f) (Dr/Dra)         Medical doctor or any degree
   Ingeniero (m) / Ingeniera (f) (Ing.)      Engineer
   Licenciado (m) / Licenciada (f) (Lic.)    University degree
   Maestro (m) / Maestra (f)                 Grammar school teacher
   Profesor (Prof.)                          Professor, higher education teachers

These forms of address are not preceded by the standard forms of address.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

Calle, the Spanish word for street, is rarely written. The Spanish thoroughfare type, when included, is written before, and separately from, the thoroughfare name. It should be written with the first letter in lower case.

The postal code is preceded by the letters CP. The settlement name is written in upper case.

For further address-component information, please refer to the chapter on Spain.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

This is written Apartado Postal.

   Note: This section last updated 12th April 2020

Postal codes consist of a block of 5 digits. The first two indicate the province and a main population centre or official office within it, the final three the delivery area or office. Postal codes cannot commence with 0 or 45-49.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

Cuba - Postal code format graphic

Cuba - Postal code format

Cuba - Postal code specifics

Cuba - Postal code regular expression

Cuba - Postal code level of coverage

Cuba - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 21st September 2015

Refer to Exonyms in Cuba for full lists of place names in Cuba in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 12th April 2020

Cuba has 15 provinces (provincias , singular - provincia) and 1 special municipality (municipio especial, shown in the list below with an asterisk):

Province	Postal code range
Artemisa	35-39
Camagüey	70-74
Ciego de Ávila	65-69
Cienfuegos	55-59
Granma	85-89
Guantánamo	95-99
Holguín	80-84
Isla de la Juventud *	25-29
La Habana	1
Las Tunas	75-79
Matanzas	40-44
Mayabeque	30-34
Pinar del Río	20-24
Sancti Spíritus	60-64
Santiago de Cuba	90-94
Villa Clara	50-54

Administrative districts graphic

   Note: This section last updated 16th March 2024

When called from abroad, Cuban numbers have a total length of between 6 and 8 digits. Mobile numbers have the area code 5, 63 or 64.

   Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm