General Country Information
Capital: Havana
Population: 11,394,043 (July 2007)
Form of Government: Communist State
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone- main lines: 849,900 (2005)
Telephone- mobile: 134,500 (2005)
Internet hosts: 2,234 (2006)
Internet users: 190,000 (2005)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.28
World Rank 2005/2006: 129
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Associacion Cubana de Limitados Fisicos-Motores (ACLIFIM) (Cuban Association of Physically Disabled Persons)
aclifim@infomed.sld.cu
Asociacion Nacional de Ciegos y Debiles Visuales (National Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired) (ANCI)
no contact information currently available
Asociacion Nacional de Sordos de Cuba (ANSOC)
ansoc@infomed.sld.cu
Fraternidad de Ciegos Independientes de Cuba (FRACIC)
no contact information currently available