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This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Caribbean. In a general sense, the Caribbean can be taken to mean all the nations in and around the Caribbean Sea that lie within an area that stretches from The Bahamas in the north to Guyana in the south, and Suriname in the east to Belize in the west in a general sense. This ...
The following islands are some of the major islands in the island country Cuba: [10] Cuba (largest island in the Caribbean 104,556 km 2 (40,369 sq mi), 21°56′02″N 78°45′15″W. Canarreos Archipelago, 21°38′22″N 82°14′10″W. Isla de la Juventud (2nd largest island in Cuba at 2,200 km 2 (850 sq mi)), 21°45′N 82°51′W.
The Caribbean (/ ˌ k ær ɪ ˈ b iː ən, k ə ˈ r ɪ b i ən / KARR-ih-BEE-ən, kə-RIB-ee-ən, locally / ˈ k ær ɪ b iː æ n / KARR-ih-bee-an; [4] Spanish: el Caribe; French: les Caraïbes; Dutch: de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea [5] and some of which border both the Caribbean ...
Capitals in the Caribbean — capital cities of Caribbean nations and territories or dependencies, in the subregion of North America Subcategories This category has the following 26 subcategories, out of 26 total.
This list of Caribbean countries and dependencies is sorted by the mid-year normalized demographic projections from the United Nations, [1] the change from the previous year, and the most recent official figure.
West Indies. The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago. [ 5]
The Caribbean region. This is a list of populated places in the Caribbean. Only the major metropolitan areas and largest populated or significant places in each country, national region/district, or national territory are listed. In most cases, the largest populated place for a given country, national region, or territory is the capital city.
The Greater Antilles is considered part of Latin America. With a population of 38 million, it makes up 6% of Latin America's total population. The capital of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, with a population of over 2 million, is the largest city in the Greater Antilles. Other large cities include Havana, Port-au-Prince, Kingston and San ...