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Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here , to postal code pages here and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here .
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11 181 595 (2020 estimate) [1]
Note: This section last updated 10th April 2021
1,234.45
(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator).
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
\A([1-3,5-9]\d{4,4}|[40-44]\d{3,3})\Z
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 |
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.
Every effort is made to keep this resource updated. If you find any errors, or have any questions or requests, please don't hesitate to contact the author.
All information copyright Graham Rhind 2024. Any information used should be acknowledged and referenced.