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Region of the Caribbean



































Greater Antilles
Grandes Antilles (in French)
Antillas Mayores (in Spanish)
Region of the Caribbean

Location within the Caribbean.
Location within the Caribbean.

Island States
Area

 • Total 207,411 km2 (80,081 sq mi)
Population
(2014)

 • Total 38,400,500
 • Density 171.45/km2 (444.1/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Greater Antillean
Time zones
EST: UTC-5/EDT: UTC-4

AST: UTC-4/ADT: UTC-3

The Greater Antilles is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea: Cuba, Hispaniola (containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands.


The Greater Antilles constitute nearly 90% of the land mass of the entire West Indies,[1] as well as over 90% of its population. The remainder of the land belongs to the archipelago of the Lesser Antilles, which is a chain of islands to the east (running north-south and encompassing the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea where it meets the Atlantic Ocean) and south (running east-west off the northern coast of South America).


The word Antilles originated in the period before the European conquest of the New World - Europeans used the term Antillia as one of the mysterious lands featured on medieval charts, sometimes as an archipelago, sometimes as continuous land of greater or lesser extent, its location fluctuating in mid-ocean between the Canary Islands and Eurasia.


The Lucayan Archipelago is not considered to be a part of the Antilles archipelagoes but rather of the North Atlantic.




Contents






  • 1 Countries


  • 2 References


  • 3 Further reading


  • 4 External links





Countries[edit]



























































Name

Area
(km²)

Population
(2017)

Population density
(per km²)

Capital

Cayman Islands (UK)

7002264000000000000♠264

7004584410000000000♠58,441
207.9

George Town

Cuba

7005110860000000000♠110,860

7007111474070000000♠11,147,407
102.4

Havana

Dominican Republic

7004484420000000000♠48,442

7007107342470000000♠10,734,247
183.7

Santo Domingo

Haiti

7004277500000000000♠27,750

7007106467140000000♠10,646,714
292.7

Port-au-Prince

Jamaica

7004109910000000000♠10,991

7006299056100000000♠2,990,561
248.6

Kingston

Puerto Rico (US)

7003910400000000000♠9,104

7006335182700000000♠3,351,827
430.2

San Juan
Total

7005207411000000000♠207,411

7007389291970000000♠38,929,197
169.05



References[edit]






  1. ^ "Greater Antilles". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 28 May 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




Further reading[edit]




  • Cohen, S.; Groene, J.; Werner, L.; Vladimir, U.; Williams, D.; Walter, C.; Hiller, H.L. (1997). Caribbean: The Greater Antilles, Bermuda, Bahamas. Explore the world Nelles guide. Nelles Verlag. ISBN 978-3-88618-403-3. 254 pages.


  • University, J.R.P.B.S.S. (1995). Anolis Lizards of the Caribbean : Ecology, Evolution, and Plate Tectonics: Ecology, Evolution, and Plate Tectonics. Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-19-536191-9.

  • Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean. New York: Facts on File, 1992.



External links[edit]


Media related to Greater Antilles at Wikimedia Commons




Coordinates: 21°59′N 79°02′W / 21.983°N 79.033°W / 21.983; -79.033











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