# Caribbean

Coordinates: 14°31′32″N 75°49′06″W﻿ / ﻿14.52556°N 75.81833°W﻿ / 14.52556; -75.81833

Caribbean|  |
| Area | 239,681 km2 (92,541 sq mi) |
| Population | 44,182,048 |
| Population density | 151.5/km2 (392/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | African, Latino or Hispanic (Spanish, Portuguese, Criollo, Mestizo, Mulatto, Pardo, and Zambo), Indian, European, Chinese, Jewish, Arab, Amerindian, Javanese, Hmong, Multiracial |
| Religions | Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Afro-American religions, Traditional African religions, Rastafari, Native American religions, Judaism, Buddhism, Chinese folk religions (incl. Confucianism and Taoism), Bahá'í, Kebatinan, Sikhism, Irreligion, others |
| Demonym | Caribbean, West Indian |
| Countries | 13-16 |
| Dependencies | 12 |
| Languages | * English
* Spanish
* French
* Dutch
* French Creoles
* English Creoles
* Dutch Creoles
* Spanish Creoles
* Papiamento
* Caribbean Hindustani
* Chinese
* among others
 |
| Time zones | UTC−05:00 to UTC−04:00 |
| Internet TLD | Multiple |
| Calling code | Multiple |
| Largest cities |
List of metropolitan areas in the West Indies
Caracas Santo Domingo Port-au-Prince Maracaibo Barranquilla San Juan Havana Valencia Maracay Kingston Santiago de los Caballeros Santiago de Cuba Cancún Cartagena Ciudad Guayana Barcelona Costa Oriental del Lago Willemstad Oranjestad Macapá Santa Marta Montería Punta Cana Maturín Valledupar Montego Bay Cumaná Camagüey Sincelejo Cap-Haïtien Nassau Paramaribo Chetumal Spanish Town Porlamar Cayenne Georgetown Bridgetown Chaguanas San Fernando Port of Spain Belize City Oranjestad
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| UN M49 code | `029` – Caribbean `419` – Latin America and the Caribbean `019` – Americas `001` – World |

The **Caribbean** (/ˌkærɪˈbiːən, kəˈrɪbiən/ KARR-ib-EE-ən, kə-RIB-ee-ən, locally /ˈkærɪbiæn/ KARR-ib-ee-an; Spanish: el Caribe; French: les Caraïbes; Haitian Creole: Karayib; Dutch: de Caraïben)ni chigaŵa cha ku America icho chili na Nyanja ya Caribbean na virwa vyake (vigaŵa vinyake ivyo vili kuzingilizgika na Nyanja ya Caribbean Ndipo ghanyake ghakukolerana na Nyanja ya Caribbean na North Atlantic Ocean.) Kweniso malo gha mumphepete mwa nyanja agho ghali pafupi na charu ichi ghangasangikamo. Chigaŵa ichi chili kumwera kwa Gulf of Mexico na Amelika wa Kumpoto, kumafumiro gha dazi kwa Central America, na kumpoto kwa Amelika wa Kummwela.

Chigaŵa ichi chili pa Caribbean Plate, ndipo chili na virwa vyakujumpha 700. Virwa ivi vikupanga mphaka ya kumpoto na kumafumiro gha dazi kwa Nyanja ya Caribbean: Virwa vya Greater Antilles kumpoto na Virwa vya Lesser Antilles (ivyo vikusazgapo Virwa vya Leeward) kumafumiro gha dazi na kumwera. Chirwa cha Lucayan Archipelago, icho chili pafupi na Bahamas, na Turks and Caicos Islands, chikuwoneka kuti chili ku Caribbean nangauli chili kutali na Nyanja ya Caribbean. Virwa vyose vya ku Antilles pamoza na Lucayan Archipelago vikuchemeka West Indies, ndipo kanandi ŵanthu ŵakuyowoya kuti Caribbean. Pa caru cikuru, Belize, Guyana, na Suriname kanandi vikusangika mu vyaru vya Caribbean cifukwa ca ndyali na mitheto yawo.

## Wonani

* African diaspora
* Anchor coinage
* British African-Caribbean people
* British Indo-Caribbean people
* Caribbean people
* Climate change in the Caribbean
* CONCACAF
* Council on Hemispheric Affairs
* Culture of the Caribbean
* Economy of the Caribbean
* Indian diaspora
* Indo-Caribbean
* Indo-Caribbean American
* List of Caribbean music genres
* List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Caribbean
* NECOBELAC Project
* Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin
* Piracy in the Caribbean
* Politics of the Caribbean
* Tourism in the Caribbean

**Geography: Americas (terminology)
* List of archipelagos by number of islands
* List of Caribbean islands
* List of indigenous names of Eastern Caribbean islands
* List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean
* List of Ultras of the Caribbean
* Middle America (Americas)
* Latin America and the Caribbean (region)

## Ukaboni

## Baibolo

* Engerman, Stanley L. "A Population History of the Caribbean", pp. 483–528 in *A Population History of North America* Michael R. Haines and Richard Hall Steckel (Eds.), Cambridge University Press, 2000,  .
* Hillman, Richard S., and Thomas J. D'agostino, eds. *Understanding the Contemporary Caribbean*, London: Lynne Rienner, 2003  .

## Kuŵerenga

* Develtere, Patrick R. 1994. "Co-operation and development: With special reference to the experience of the Commonwealth Caribbean" ACCO,
* Gowricharn, Ruben. *Caribbean Transnationalism: Migration, Pluralization, and Social Cohesion*. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2006.
* Henke, Holger, and Fred Reno, eds. *Modern Political Culture in the Caribbean*. Kingston: University of West Indies Press, 2003.
* Heuman, Gad. *The Caribbean: Brief Histories*. London: A Hodder Arnold Publication, 2006.
* de Kadt, Emanuel, (editor). *Patterns of foreign influence in the Caribbean*, Oxford University Press, 1972.
* Knight, Franklin W. *The Modern Caribbean* (University of North Carolina Press, 1989).
* Kurlansky, Mark. 1992. *A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny*. Addison-Wesley Publishing.  ISBN 0-201-52396-5
* Langley, Lester D. *The United States and the Caribbean in the Twentieth Century*. London: University of Georgia Press, 1989.
* Maingot, Anthony P. *The United States and the Caribbean: Challenges of an Asymmetrical Relationship*. Westview Press, 1994.
* Palmie, Stephan, and Francisco A. Scarano, eds. *The Caribbean: A History of the Region and Its Peoples* (University of Chicago Press; 2011); 660 pp.; writings on the region since the pre-Columbia era.
* Ramnarine, Tina K. *Beautiful Cosmos: Performance and Belonging in the Caribbean Diaspora*. London, Pluto Press, 2007.
* Rowntree, Lester/Martin Lewis/Marie Price/William Wyckoff. *Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment, Development*, 4th edition, 2008.

## Vigaŵa vya kuwaro

* Caribbean at Curlie
* Digital Library of the Caribbean
* Latin American, Caribbean, U.S. Latinx, and Iberian Online Free E-Resources (LACLI).
* Manioc, open access digital Library, books, images, conferences, articles about the Caribbean
* Federal Research Division of the U.S. Library of Congress: Caribbean Islands (1987)
* LANIC Caribbean country pages
* Media related to Caribbean at Wikimedia Commons

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