<Tr> <Th> Ethnic groups </Th> <Td> White: 64.1%, Mulatto / Mestizo: 26.6%, Black: 9.3% . </Td> </Tr> <P> Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea . Cuba has an official area (land area) of 109,884 km (42,426 sq mi). Its area is 110,860 km (42,800 sq mi) including coastal and territorial waters . The main island (Cuba) has 5,746 km (3,570 mi) of coastline and 28.5 km (17.7 mi) of land borders--all figures including the United States territory at Guantánamo Bay, where the U.S. Navy's Guantanamo Bay Naval Base is located . </P> <P> Cuba lies west of the North Atlantic Ocean, east of the Gulf of Mexico, south of the Straits of Florida, northwest of the Windward Passage, and northeast of the Yucatán Channel . The main island (Cuba) makes up most of the land area 104,556 km (40,369 sq mi). </P> <P> The island is 1,250 km (780 mi) long and 191 km (119 mi) across its widest points and 31 km (19 mi) across its narrowest points . The largest island outside the main island is the Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth) in the southwest, with an area of 2,200 km (850 sq mi). </P>

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