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cheaters, and what to expect after winning, including how to deal with
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The Caribbean, Size An
archipelago, 4,020 kilometers (2,500 mi) in
length, and up to 257 kilometers (160 mi) wide;
region contains more than 7,000 islands, islets,
reefs, and cays Population (2000) 37.5 million.
Ethnic groups Africans (notably Igbo, Akan,
Yoruba, Fon, Kongo), Native Americans (Arawak,
Caribs, Tainos), Europeans (Spanish, French,
British, Portuguese, Dutch), Asian (Chinese,
Indian) . Government 13 sovereign states; also,
2 overseas departments and 14 dependent
territories, tied to the European Union or to
the United States
Caribbean, Dutch: Cariben or Caraïben;
French: Caraïbe or more commonly
Antilles; Spanish: Caribe is a region
consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its
islands (most of which enclose the sea),
and the surrounding coasts. The region
is located southeast of Northern
America, east of Central America, and to
the north of South America.
This photo of Curacao,
Willemstad, Handelskade, historic
buildings. The
Handelskade is definitely one of the
most beautiful waterfronts of the world!
This historic waterfront, with several
colourful Dutch colonial buildings, is
"the" face of Curaçao to the outer
world.
The Caribbean a region consisting of the
Caribbean Sea, its islands (most of which
enclose the sea), and the surrounding coasts.
The region is located southeast of the Gulf of
Mexico and Northern America, east of Central
America, and to the north of South America.
Situated largely on the Caribbean Plate, the
region comprises more than 7,000 islands,
islets, reefs, and cays. These islands, called
the West Indies, generally form island arcs that
delineate the eastern and northern edges of the
Caribbean Sea. These islands are called the West
Indies because when Christopher Columbus landed
there in 1492 he believed that he had reached
the Indies (in Asia).
The region consists of the Antilles, divided
into the larger Greater Antilles which bound the
sea on the north and the Lesser Antilles on the
south and east (including the Leeward Antilles),
and the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos
Islands, which are in fact in the Atlantic Ocean
north of Cuba, not in the Caribbean Sea.
Geo-politically, the West Indies are usually
regarded as a sub-region of North America and
are organized into 27 territories including
sovereign states, overseas departments, and
dependencies. At one time, there was a
short-lived country called the Federation of the
West Indies composed of ten English-speaking
Caribbean territories, all of which were then UK
dependencies.
The region takes its name from that of the
Carib, an ethnic group present in the Lesser
Antilles and parts of adjacent South America at
the time of European contact.
