O Caribbean is a region formed by numerous islands, islets and archipelagos, whose name comes from the sea that connects its countries and territories: Caribbean Sea, also known as Caribbean Sea or yet Antilles Sea. The Caribbean lies between the South America and the North America, and east of Central America, of which it is part. It is located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and its climate is tropical. The Caribbean Sea covers an extension of 2,754,000 km2.
Regions
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The countries, colonies and territories that make up the caribbean islands are grouped into two regions:
Greater Antilles
countries
- Cuba
- Haiti, divides the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic
- Jamaica
- Dominican Republic, divides the island of Hispaniola with Haiti
territories
- Cayman Islands (Cologne british)
- Navassa Island, wildlife refuge belonging to the USA
- Puerto Rico (territory freely associated with the USA)
Lesser Antilles
countries
- Grenade (divides the Grenadines with Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (divides the Grenadines with Grenade)
territories
- Netherlands Antilles (part of Netherlands)
- Aruba (part of Netherlands)
- Curacao (part of Netherlands)
- Guadeloupe (overseas department of France)
- virgin islands (part of the USA, part of UK)
- Martinique (overseas department of France)
- Montserrat (Cologne british)
other islands
The country and territories below are not part of the Caribbean, but are strongly linked to the area (in some cases, even part of the Caribbean Chamber of Commerce)
Parents
territories
- Bay Islands (Island of Bahia) and Swan Islands (in Honduras)
- Isle of Women and Cozumel (set of islands belonging to the Mexico)
- Los Roques, Isla Margarita, turtle island (set of islands of Venezuela), which are also considered an integral part of the Lesser Antilles
- San Andrés and Providence (set of islands of Colombia)
- Turks and Caicos (Cologne british)
Cities
- George Town
- Havana
- Kingston
- Nassau
- orange state
- Port of Spain
- San Antonio de los Baños
- San Juan
- Santiago de Cuba
- Santo Domingo
Other destinations
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As most of the islands are made up of European colonies, the languages french, English and Spanish are quite widespread, although there are dialects such as Creole.
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