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Central America [b] is a subregion of North America. [2] Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Central America is usually defined as consisting of seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras ...
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.
Note that Bermuda is a member nation of the Caribbean Community, though the island nation lies in the North Atlantic Ocean, not in the Caribbean. Other than 13 Caribbean island countries, three continental mainland countries, namely Belize, Guyana, and Suriname, have also been included in the following table (by United Nations geoscheme).
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 (/ 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 ...
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.
Cayo Espanto. Caye Caulker. Caye Chapel. Goff's Caye. Islands of Costa Rica. Islands of El Salvador. Islands of Guatemala. Islands of Honduras. Islands of Nicaragua.
Dominica is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea, the northernmost of the Windward Islands (though it is sometimes considered the southernmost of the Leeward Islands). The size of the country is about 289.5 square miles (750 km 2 ) and it is about 29 miles (47 km) long and 16 miles (26 km) wide.