Excerpt from Cuba: General Descriptive Data Prepared in June, 1911
Cuba, the largest of the West India Islands, has an area of square miles and a population (1910) of to 49 per square mile, being one of the most densely populated of the American Republics.
Several irregular mountain chains cross the island in various. Directions, forming between them a number of extremely fertile and healthful plateaus and valleys, in which nearly all the products of the Tropics are successfully raised. The Republic is especially noted for the excellence of its tobacco and sugar, which constitute the most important articles of export. The forests contain valuable cabinet woods, such as mahogany and cedar. Iro'n, copper, and manganese mines are worked, gold is found, and there are also rich beds of asphalt.
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