Extractions: HSW.sm.loadPageInfo(446373); HowStuffWorks The Caribbean stretches south of Florida to South America, including Cuba and Central America, and is a top tourist destination. More than 700 islands make up the Bahamas. Bermuda is located about 800 miles northeast of The Bahamas in the Atlantic Ocean. The geography of Central America varies from white sand beaches to lush mountain interiors. Explore the diverse geography of Central America in this section. The Greater Antilles is a collection of five major Caribbean islands, including Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. The Lesser Antilles form a crescent of islands stretching south just off the coast of Venezuela. The Lesser Antilles are commonly divided into the Windward and the Leeward Antilles.
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Extractions: Cayman_Islands_Map.svg (SVG file, nominally 502 × 249 pixels, file size: 257 KB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help Description Cayman Islands Map.svg English: Map of the Cayman Islands. Information from CIA MAP Yahoo Map Can be translated through version 1 here , although text must be converted to path due to rendering problems. Date original unknown Source outline from PlaniGlobe Author Planiglobe (outline), RaviC Permission
Country Profile: Cayman Islands One page history, statistics and news about the Cayman Islands. http://www.fsmitha.com/world/cayman.htm
Extractions: home world news 1945-21st century country profiles ... Share Three islands south of Cuba: Grand Cayman, about 22 miles long and 5 miles wide, and two other islands, 9 and 12 miles long and about two miles wide. Air temperatures: from November to April temperatures during the day range from 72 to 86 degrees, at night from 64 to 72; from May to October, 85 to 90 degrees during the day, 73 to 85 at night. Capital: George Town The Cayman Islands were a British dependency until independence in 1962. As of 2004, the Cayman Islands do not tax corporations. According to the 2004 CIA Factbook, "More than 40,000 companies were registered in the Cayman Islands as of 1998," including almost 600 banks and trust companies." The islands are an international financial center. Tourism accounts for around 70 percent of GDP. Fifty percent of the tourists are from the United States. Tourists in 1997 numbered 1.2 million. That might be around 800 per day in the tourist season - winter. Fifty percent of the tourists are from the United States. Living in an urban area: 100% (2008) July 2010: 50,209
Atlas Of The Cayman Islands - Wikimedia Commons Cayman Islands, Geography of the Cayman Islands, History of the Cayman Islands and Politics of the Cayman Islands More images Cayman Islands Cayman Islands (Category). http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atlas_of_the_Cayman_Islands
Extractions: The Wikimedia Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons Discuss Update the atlas Content and Index of the Atlas Atlas in categories Other atlases on line The introductions of the country, dependency and region entries are in the native languages and in English. The other introductions are in English. Cayman Islands Cayman Islands English Cayman Islands - Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the western Caribbean Sea comprising the islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman. It lies south of ► Cuba and west of ► Jamaica . It is the fifth largest financial centre and is also one of the leading tourist underwater diving destinations in the world. Short name Cayman Islands Official name Cayman Islands Status ► British overseas territory, British (English) since 1670
The World Factbook 2000 -- Cayman Islands Background The Cayman Islands were colonized from Jamaica by the British during the 18th and 19th centuries. Administered by Jamaica from 1863, they remained a British dependency http://www.exportinfo.org/worldfactbook/cayman_WFB.html
Extractions: Background: The Cayman Islands were colonized from Jamaica by the British during the 18th and 19th centuries. Administered by Jamaica from 1863, they remained a British dependency after 1962 when the former became independent. Geography [Top of Page] Location: Caribbean, island group in Caribbean Sea, nearly one-half of the way from Cuba to Honduras Geographic coordinates: 19 30 N, 80 30 W Map references: Central America and the Caribbean Area:
