Cuba	Asians in the Americas
General Overview  Brief Description  Demographic Resources  Sources Official Census  Foreign Affairs/Immigration  Municipal Registries  Parochial Records  Information/Research Resources, Dissertations and Scholars  Societies and Associations  Embassies  Miscellaneous

General Overview

ETHNIC GROUPS: mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1% RELIGIONS: nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented. LANGUAGES: Spanish.

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Brief Description

Arrival of Asian Peoples:

The immigration waves of Chinese in Cuba were as follows: [1] 1847-1874   Chinese Coolies 1865- 1885  Californian Chinese 1919-1925   Mainland Chinese Top of Page

Geographic and Labor Concentration:

Most Chinese Coolies were found in the province of La Habana and Matanzas and worked in the sugar cane plantations as contract laborers. [2] Top of Page

Demographic and Historical Information:

Information forthcoming. Top of Page

Demographic Resources

Official Census:

Statistical agency and contact: Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) http://www.cubagob.cu/otras_info/estadisticas.htm Contact Info: Mr. Rodolfo Roque Fuentes, Director General Paseo No. 60, esq. a 5ta Vedado, Munícipio Plaza de la Revolución, Gaveta Postal 6016, Ciudad de la Habana phone: +53 7 33 30 83/30 00 05 fax: +53 7 33 30 83 roque@onered.gov.cu Census categories and definitions relevant to Race and/or Ethnicity: [3] Census Taken in Cuba (1700s to 1980s)   1774 Race   1792-1817 Race   1841 Race   1861 Race or Color, Nationality   1877 Race, Nationality   1899 Color, Place of Birth, Citizenship   1907 Color, Place of Birth, Citizenship   1919 Race, Nationality, Migration   1943 Place of Birth, Parents' Birth Place, Race or Color, Nationality, Year of Arrival in the Country   1953 Form was copied from the PR Census of 1950. Race: white, black, yellow, mixed of white & yellow, and black & yellow; Nationality: legal citizenship; Place of Birth: Foreign country of origin; Place of Residence: Foreign & Naturalized Cubans recorded date of first and last arrival in the country   1970 Race/Color of Skin: white, black, mulatto and yellow; Nationality: legal citizenship; Place of Birth: Foreign, country of origin National repository and contact: Archivo Nacional (National Archive) [4] Compostela 906 Habana Vieja Cuba Phone # 62-9470 (Recepción) Phone # 62-9436, 62-9641 (Dirección) Fax # 33-8089 (Dirección) Phone # 63-6443 (Vicedirección) Phone # 63-6544 (Laboratorio de Computación) Phone # 63-6489 (Sala de Lectura) Top of Page

Foreign Affairs/Immigration:

Information not available. Top of Page

Municipal Registries:

Civil Registries [5] Registro Civil - Arroyo Naranjo Lincoln 17 B. Azul Tel. 44-8344 Registro Civil - Centro Habana M. Gonzalez 264 Ctro. Habana Tel. 79-6958 Registro Civil - Cerro Magnolia 120 Cerro Tel. 40-1750 Top of Page

Parochial Records:

La Iglesia Catolica en Cuba http://www.nacub.org/ Arzobispado San Cristóbal de La Habana5 Calle Habana 152 Apartado 594 La Habana 10100 Ciudad de La Habana Tel. 462-4000, 461-9550 Fax. 433-8109 Nunciatura Apostolica en Cuba http://www.nacub.org/ Top of Page

Information/Research Resources, Dissertations and Scholars:

Information forthcoming. Top of Page

Societies and Associations:

Chinese Society Yi Fung Toy Tong Address: Campanario #453 e/Zanja y San José Phone: (53) (7) 703686 Fax: (53) (7) 951185 e-mail: javieraoz@yahoo.com Top of Page

Embassies:

Embassy of Japan [6] Calle 3ra y 80, Centro de Negocios Miramar, 5to Piso Phones: (53) (7) 24-3508 Fax: (53) (7) 24-8902 Hours: De lunes a viernes de 09:00 a 15:00 horas Embassy of the People's Republic of China Calle 13 No. 551 e/ C y D, Vedado Ciudad de la Habana, CUBA Phones: (53) (7) 33-3005 · 33-3614 Fax: (53) (7) 33-3092 Hours: Monday thru Friday 09:00 to 12:00 and from 15:00 to 17:00 hours Embassy of the Republic of India Calle 21 No. 202 esq. a K, Vedado Phones: (53) (7) 33-3169 · 33-3777 Fax: (53) (7) 33-3287 · 33-3106 Hours: Monday thru Friday 8:30 to 13:00 and from 13:30 a 17:00 hours Embassy of the People's Democratic Republic of Korea Calle 17 No. 752 esq. a Paseo, Vedado Telephones: (53) (7) 66-2313 Fax: (53) (7) 33-3073 Hours: Monday thru Friday from 09:00 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 17:00 hours. Top of Page

Miscellaneous:

CubaGenWeb http://www.cubagenweb.org/phones/e-index.htm This site is a good resource to find genealogical records in the National Archives and a wide variety of parochial archives throughout Cuba. Aduana/Customs http://www.aduana.islagrande.cu/ Dirección Postal: Calle 6, esquina a 39, Plaza, Ciudad Habana, 10600, Cuba Phone #: (53) (7) 55-5466 Fax: (53) (7) 33-5222 Email: wwwadm@agr.aduana.cu Top of Page

Sources

[1] Pérez de la Riva, Juan. Los Culíes Chinos en Cuba. Habana: Cuba, Instituto del Libro, 2000. [2] Ibid. [3] Ed. Doreen S. Goyer and Elaine Domschke. The Handbook of National Population Censuses. Westpost: Conn, Greenwood Press, 1983. [4] Source: http://www.cubagenweb.org/phones/phones7.htm#ciudad-habana Last Update: Oct-28-2001 [5] For a complete listing see Source: http://www.cubagenweb.org/phones/phones7.htm#ciudad-habana Last Updated: Oct-28-2001 [6] Source: http://www.dtcuba.com/eng/embajadas.asp 1998-2001, Directorio Turístico de Cuba Top of Page