Because Cuba is an archipelago made up by 4,197 islands,[1](including the two largest: Cuba proper, and Isla de la Juventud) the combined area of coast results in 5,746 square kilometers (3570.4 square miles); most of it (2,200 square miles or 5,967 square kilometers) being covered by mangrove forest.[2]
These mangrove forests make up 20 percent of the forested areas in the island, covering a total of 4.8 percent of the territory.[3]
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