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Dominica comprises a land area of 750 km 2 (290 sq mi), and the highest point is Morne Diablotins, at 1,447 m (4,747 ft) in elevation. The population was 71,293 at the 2011 census. [6] The island was settled by the Arawak arriving from South America in the fifth century.
Latin America and the Caribbean. Santo Domingo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanto ðoˈmiŋɡo] meaning "Saint Dominic" but verbatim "Holy Sunday"), once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, known as Ciudad Trujillo between 1936 and 1961, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by ...
Capitals in the Caribbean — capital cities of Caribbean nations and territories or dependencies, in the subregion of North America Subcategories This category has the following 26 subcategories, out of 26 total.
Saint Lucia[9] is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. [10] Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 617 km 2 (238 square miles) with an estimated population of over 180,000 ...
Havana (/ həˈvænə /; Spanish: La Habana [la aˈβana] ⓘ) [5] is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. [6] It is the most populous city, the largest by area, and the second largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean region.
Nassau (/ ˈnæsɔː / NASS-aw) is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas. It is located on the island of New Providence, which had a population of 246,329 in 2010, or just over 70% of the entire population of the Bahamas. [2] As of April 2023, the preliminary results of the 2022 census of the Bahamas reported a population of 296,522 for ...
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island. Kingston is the largest English-speaking city south of the ...
[citation needed] Curaçao was a Caribbean leader in cruise ship tourism growth, with 610,186 cruise passengers in 2013, a 41.4% increase over the previous year. [90] Hato International Airport received 1,772,501 passengers in 2013 and announced capital investments totaling US$48 million aimed at transforming the airport into a regional hub by ...