Caribbean Basin

Caribbean Basin

In geography, the Caribbean Basin or Caribbean Proper is generally defined as the Caribbean Sea and any territories in or touching the Caribbean Sea. This means countries like Barbados and The Bahamas, which are culturally and politically Caribbean, are not included.[1]

Modern Caribbean Basin countries

  1.  Anguilla ( United Kingdom)
  2.  Antigua and Barbuda
  3.  Aruba ( Netherlands)
  4. Bajo Nuevo Bank  Colombia (Disputed by  Jamaica,  Nicaragua and  United States)
  5.  Belize
  6.  British Virgin Islands ( United Kingdom)
  7.  Caribbean Netherlands ( Netherlands)
    1.  Bonaire
    2.  Sint Eustatius
    3.  Saba
  8.  Colombia
    1. Caribbean region of Colombia
      1.  Antioquia
      2.  Atlántico
      3.  Bolívar
      4.  Cesar (Does not border the Caribbean Sea)
      5.  Chocó
      6.  Córdoba
      7.  La Guajira
      8.  Magdalena
      9.  San Andrés y Providencia
      10.  Sucre
  9.  Cayman Islands ( United Kingdom)
  10.  Costa Rica
    1.  Limón
  11.  Cuba
  12.  Curaçao ( Netherlands)
  13.  Dominica
  14.  Dominican Republic
  15.  France
    1.  Guadeloupe
    2.  Martinique
  16.  Grenada
  17.  Haiti
  18.  Honduras
    1. Atlántida
    2. Bay Islands
    3. Colón
    4. Cortés
    5. Gracias a Dios
  19.  Guatemala
    1.  Izabal
  20.  Jamaica
  21.  Mexico
    1.  Quintana Roo
  22.  Montserrat ( United Kingdom)
  23.  Navassa Island (Disputed by  Haiti)
  24.  Nicaragua
    1.  North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region
    2.  Río San Juan
    3.  South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region
  25.  Panama
    1.  Bocas del Toro
    2. Colón Province
    3.  Guna Yala
    4.  Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca
    5.  Veraguas
  26.  Puerto Rico ( United States)
  27.  Saint Barthélemy ( France)
  28.  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  29.  Saint Lucia
  30.  Saint Martin ( France)
  31.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  32. Serranilla Bank  Colombia (Disputed by  Honduras,  Jamaica, and  United States)
  33.  Sint Maarten ( Netherlands)
  34.  Trinidad and Tobago
  35.  United States Virgin Islands ( United States)
  36.  Venezuela
    1. Venezuelan Caribbean
      1.  Anzoátegui
      2.  Aragua
      3.  Carabobo
      4.  Falcón
      5.  Federal Dependencies of Venezuela
      6.  Miranda
      7.  Nueva Esparta
      8.  Sucre
      9.  Vargas
      10.  Zulia

See also

Williams, E.H., Jr. & Bunkley-Williams, L. (2021) What and Where is the Caribbean? A Modern Definition. The Florida Geographer. p. 8-9

References

  1. ^ Williams, Ernest H.; Bunkley-Williams, Lucy (24 May 2021). "What and Where is the Caribbean? A Modern Definition". The Florida Geographer. 52 (1): 3–28.
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