Cuba is an island in the Caribbean Sea. It is almost as big as all of the other Caribbean Islands combined. It is 745 miles from coast to coast, and is less than 90 miles from the Florida Keys. Cuba’s capital, Havana, is one of the oldest cities in the Americas. Christopher Columbus, an explorer, sailed there more than 500 years ago. The capital building was modeled after the capital building in Washington, D.C. It is smaller than most capital cities, but it is five times lar