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[1][2]
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,[3] 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
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)