In physical geography, the Caribbean Basin 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 edit

  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. 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.   Cuba
  11.   Curaçao (  Netherlands)
  12.   Dominica
  13.   Dominican Republic
  14.   Grenada
  15.   Guadeloupe (  France)
  16.   Haiti
  17.   Honduras
    1. Atlántida
    2. Bay Islands
    3. Colón
    4. Cortés
    5. Gracias a Dios
  18.   Izabal (  Guatemala)
  19.   Jamaica
  20.   Limón (  Costa Rica)
  21.   Martinique (  France)
  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.   Quintana Roo (  Mexico)
  28.   Saint Barthélemy (  France)
  29.   Saint Kitts and Nevis
  30.   Saint Lucia
  31.   Saint Martin (  France)
  32.   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  33. Serranilla Bank   Colombia (Disputed by   Honduras,   Jamaica, and   United States)
  34.   Sint Maarten (  Netherlands)
  35.   Trinidad and Tobago
  36.   United States Virgin Islands (  United States)
  37. 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 edit

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

References edit

  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.