Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 110V or 220V, 60Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Cuba
- +53
What every visitor should know about Cuba:
- Money
- The currency is the Cuban peso (CUP). 10 CUP is worth about US$0.45, or €0.31.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 4 out of 5 (Safe)
Areas of concern:
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Armed robbery is rare but occurs
- Capital
- Havana
- Tap water
- Not recommended. Water is usually drinkable in large cities, but quality is uneven.
Cuba facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 11,451,652
- Language
- Spanish
- Ethnicity
- White 65.1%, mulatto and mestizo 24.8%, black 10.1%
Economy
- GDP
- US$12,700 (per capita)