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MIT Caribbean Index --
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Information Network -- Index of business and governmental organizations in
the Caribbean.
Language:
English
Source of Information: #1
For more information, go to British Virgin Islands.
Capital:
The Valley
Population: 8960 (1992)
Language: English
Area: 35 sq. mi. (91 sq. km.)
Web Site: Anguilla's Home Page
(http://galaxy.cau.edu/Anguilla/anguilla.html )
Source of Information: #1
Population:
65,962 (1991)
Language: English
Constituent Islands: Antigua; Barbuda
Web Site: Welcome to
Antigua & Barbuda
(http://www.interknowledge.com/antigua-barbuda/aghome01.htm )
Source of Information: #1
Capital:
St. John's
Language: English
Area: 108 sq. miles (280 sq. km.)
Source of Information: #1
For more information, go to Antigua & Barbuda.
Web Site:
Aruba On-Line
(http://www.olmco.com/aruba/ )
Capital:
New Providence, Nassau
Population: 264,000
Language: English
Area: 5,380 sq. mi. (13,935 sq. km.)
Flower: Ginger Thomas (Source #11)
Bird: American Flamingo (Source #2)
Constituent Islands: Nassau; . . .
Web Site: Facts on the Bahamas
(http://TheBahamas.com/realest/facts.htm )
Source of Information: #1
Capital:
Bridgetown
Population: 260,491 (1990)
Language: English
Area: 166 sq. mi. (430 sq. km.)
Newspaper(s): Barbados Advocate
Web Site: Welcome to Barbados
-- Isle of Dreams
(http://www.acc.umu.se/~brian/barbados/barbados.html)
Newspapers:
Nation Online
(http://www.sunbeach.net/comp/nation/nationhome.html)
Barbados
Advocate
(http://www.advocatenews.com/)
Source of Information: #1
Capital:
Codrington
Language: English
Area: 62 sq. miles (62 sq. km.)
Source of Information: #1
For more information, go to Antigua & Barbuda.
Capital:
Belmopan
Population: 189,392 (1991)
Language: English
Area: 8,866 sq. mi. (22,963 sq. km.)
Bird: Keel-Billed Toucan (Ramphastos
Sulfuratus) (S. #3)
Web Site: Belize
(http://www.belize.org/main/htm)
Schools:
University
College of Belize
(http://www.ucb.edu.bz)
Saint
Catherine Academy
(http://www.serve.com/sca/)
Belize
Institute of Technology
(http://www.icom.it/freeweb/bit/)
Newspapers:
The
Reporter
(http://www.belize.com/reporter.html)
San Pedro Sun
(http://www.ambergriscaye.com/sanpedrosun)
Source of Information: #1
Capital:
Hamilton
Population: 58,460 (1991)
Language: English
Area: 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km.)
Web Site: Bermuda (index)
(http://www.fes.uwaterloo.ca/u/kmayall/Bermuda/
)
Source of Information: #1
Language:
Dutch/Papiamento
Area: 180 sq. mi.
Web Site: Bonaire Dutch Caribbean
(http://www.interknowledge.com/bonaire/index.htm )
Source of Information: #1
For more information, go to Netherlands Antilles.
Capital:
Road Town, Tortola
Population: 16,108 (1994)
Language: English
Area: 59.3 sq. mi.
Constituent Islands: Virgin Gorda;
Tortola; Anegada; 40 islands
Newspaper(s): BVI Beacon; Island Sun
Web Site: Welcome to the British
Virgin Islands
(http://www.britishvirginislands.com/index.htm )
Schools:
Commonwealth Open University
(http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/5703/)
Source of Information: #1
Language:
English/French patois
Source of Information: #1
For more information, go to Grenada.
Capital:
George Town, Grand Cayman
Population: 31,200 (1994)
Language: English
Area: 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km.)
Web Site: Cayman Islands Information
(http://cayman.com.ky/cayman.htm )
Source of Information: #1
Capital:
Havana
Population: 11,000,000 (1994)
Language: Spanish
Area: 44,200 sq. mi. (114,478 sq. km.)
Web Site: Cubaweb
(http://www.cubaweb.cu/)
Schools:
Universidades
de la Republica de Cuba
(http://www.web.net/cuba_university/)
Newspapers & Journals:
Radio Havana
Cuba
(http://www.radiohc.org)
Cuba Press
(magazine published by Cuban exile community)
(http://www.cubapress.com/)
Source of Information: #1
Language:
Dutch/Papiamento
Area: 278 sq. mi.
Web Sites: Curacao Home Page
(http://www.iseeyou.com/curacao/curacao.html) and
CyberSpace
Curacao
(http://www.cybercur.com)
Source of Information: #1
For more information, go to Netherlands Antilles.
Capital:
Roseau
Population: 71,794 (1991)
Language: English/French patois
Area: 289.5 sq. mi. (748.5 sq. km.)
Flower: Bois Carib (Sabinea Coronals)
(Source #4)
Bird: Sizarou/Imperial Parrot (Amazon
Imperials) (S. #4)
Web Site: Essential Information about Dominica
(http://www.delphis.dm/basics.htm)
Newspapers:
New
Chronicle
(http://www.delphis.dm/chron.htm)
Source of Information: #1
Capital:
Santo Domingo
Population: 7,700,000 (1993)
Language: Spanish
Area: 18,712 sq. mi. (48,442 sq. km.)
Web Site: Republica
Dominicana
(http://www.latinworld.com/countries/republicadominicana/ )
Schools:
Instituto Tecnologico
de Santo Domingo
(http://www.intec.edu.do)
Universidad
APEC
(http://www.shu.edu/~rosarisa/apec.html)
Newspapers & Magazines:
Chercha (magazine)
(http://members.aol.com/chercha000/index.htm)
OMFE
INFO (magazine)
(http://www.hispanet.com/omfe/bole01.htm)
Diario
Electronico Dominicano (newspaper)
(http://www.codetel.net.do/dedom/)
Listin
Diario (newspaper)
(http://www.listin.com.do/)
Source of Information: #1
Capital:
Cayenne
Population: 118,000 (1993)
Language: French
Area: 35,135 sq. mi. (90,909 sq. km.)
Web Site: French Guiana
(http://physig.ph.kcl.ac.uk/local/cia/1994/83.html )
Source of Information: #1
Capital:
St. George's
Population: 386,000 (1991)
Language: English/French patois
Area: 133 sq. mi.
Constituent Islands: Carriacou; Petit
Martinque
Web Site: Grenada Front
Page
(http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/ag52/grenada.htm )
School:
St.
George's University
(http://www.stgeorgesuniv.edu)
Newspaper:
Grenadian Voice
(http://www.spiceisle.com/homepages/link/voice1.htm)
Source of Information: #1
Capital:
Basse-Terre
Population: 386.000 (1991)
Language: French
Area: 1,372 sq. mi. (530 sq. km.)
Web Site: Welcome to Fact Sheet on
Guadeloupe 1995
(http://www.cieux.com/~philip/gdlpfact.html
)
Source of Information: #1
Capital:
Georgetown
Population: 730,000 (1993)
Language: English
Area: 83,000 sq. mi. (214,970 sq. km.)
Web Site: News From Guyana
(http://www.guyana.org/)
Newspaper:
Guyana
Stabroek News
(http://www.stabroeknews.com)
Source of Information: #1
Capital:
Port-au-Prince
Population: 6,260,000 (1992)
Language: French/Creole
Area: 10,714 sq. mi. (27,749 sq. km.)
Newspapers
& Magazines:
Haiti
en Marche
(http://home.earthlink.net/~hem/)
Piman
(magazine)
(http://www.cam.org/~interso/piman.html)
Source of Information: #1
Capital:
Kingston
Population: 2,460,000 (1992)
Language: English
Area: 4,243.6 sq. mi. (10,991 sq. km.)
Bird: Streamer-Tail Hummingbird (Source
#5)
Web Site: Unofficial Web Site on Jamaica
(http://www.jamaicans.com/jam.htm)
School:
University
of the West Indies, Mona
(http://www.uwimona.edu.jm/)
Newspaper:
Gleaner
Online
(http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/)
Source of Information: #1
Language:
English
Source of Information: #1
For more information, go to British Virgin Islands.
Capital:
Fort-de-France
Population: 359,572 (1992)
Language: French/Creole
Area: 425 sq. mi. (1,080 sq. km.)
Source of Information: #1
Capital:
Plymouth
Population: 11,957 (1991)
Language: English
Area: 39.5 sq. mi. (102 sq. km.)
Flower: Lobster Claw (Heliconia Caribaea)
(Source #6)
Bird: Montserrat Oriole (Icterus Oberi)
(Source #6)
Web Site: Montserrat Information
Access Centre
(http://members.aol.com/MontsIAC/monthome.htm )
Newspapers & Magazines:
Montserrat
Reporter
(http://www.tiac.net/users/wcwdaj/reporter/reporter.htm)
Source of Information: #1
Capital:
Willemstad, Curacao
Population: 190,000 (1992)
Language: Dutch/Papiamento
Constituent Islands: Curacao; Bonaire;
Saba; St. Maarten; St. Eustatius
Newspaper:
Amigoe (Dutch Language
Antillean Newspaper)
(http://www.iseeyou.com//amigoe/)
Source of Information: #1
Capital:
Charleston
Population: 10,080 (1989)
Language: English
Area: 36 sq. mi. (93 sq. km.)
Web Site: Nevis, West Indies
(http://www.nevis1.com)
Source of Information: #1
For more information, go to St. Kitts & Nevis.
Language:
English/French patois
Source of Information: #1
For more information, go to Grenada.
Capital:
San Juan
Population: 3,522,000
Language: Spanish/English
Area: 3,435 sq. mi. (8,897 sq. km.)
Flower: Flamboyant (Source #11)
Newspaper(s): San Juan Star
Web Site: Welcome to Puerto Rico
(http://Welcome.toPuertoRico.org/)
Schools:
Universidad de Puerto Rico
(http://www.upr.clu.edu/english/home.html)
Polytechnic
University of Puerto Rico
(http://www.pupr.edu/)
Universidad
Interamericana de Puerto Rico (Recinto de Ponce)
(http://ponce.inter.edu/)
Universidad
Interamericana de Puerto Rico (Recinto Metropolitano)
(http://coqui.metro.inter.edu/)
Newspapers & Magazines:
El Nuevo
Dia (newspaper)
(http://www.elnuevodia.com/)
Bienvenidos
Magazine
(http://www.caribe.net/coral/)
Puerto
Rico Magazine
(http://www.prmag.com/welcome.htm)
El Cuart del Quenepon
(magazine)
(http://ponce.inter.edu/cuarto/quenepon.html)
Source of Information: #1
Language:
Dutch/Papiamento
Area: 8 sq. mi.
Web Site: Saba
(http://www.turq.com/saba/sainfo.html)
Source of Information: #1
For more information, go to Netherlands Antilles.
Web Site:
St. Barths Online
(http://www.st-barths.com)
Language:
English
Area: 84 sq. mi.
Newspaper(s): St. Croix Avis
Historical Geography: Historical Geography of St. Croix
Source of Information: #10
For more information, go to United States Virgin Islands.
Language:
Dutch/Papiamento
Area: 13 sq. mi.
Web Site: St. Eustatius
(http://www.turq.com/statia/facts.html)
Source of Information: #1
For more information, go to Netherlands Antilles.
Language:
English
Area: 21 sq. mi.
Newspaper(s): Tradewinds (St. John) (www.tradewinds.vi)
Source of Information: #10
For more information, go to United States Virgin Islands.
Language:
English
Flower: Flamboyant (Source #8)
Bird: Brown Pelican (Pelican Occidentals)
(Source #8)
Constituent Islands: St. Kitts; Nevis
Newspapers:
Democrat; Labour Spokesman
Source of Information: #1
Capital:
Basseterre
Population: 31,380 (1989)
Language: English
Area: 68 sq. mi. (176 sq. km.)
Source of Information: #1
For more information, go to St. Kitts & Nevis.
Capital:
Castries
Population: 138,151 (1992)
Language: English
Area: 238 sq. mi. (616 sq. km.)
Bird: St. Lucia Parrot (Amazona
Versicolor) (Source #7)
Web Site: St. Lucia's Homepage
(http://www.candw.lc/stlucia/stlucia.htm )
Source of Information: #1
Language:
Dutch/Papiamento
Area: 21 sq. mi.
Source of Information: #1
For more information, go to Netherlands Antilles.
Web Site:
St. Martin French
Caribbean
(http://www.interknowledge.com/st-martin/ )
Source of Information: #1
Language:
English
Area: 32 sq. mi.
Newspaper(s): Daily News
One paper (www.onepaper.com)
Source of Information:
#10
For more information, go to United States Virgin Islands.
Capital:
Kingstown
Population: 107,598 (1991)
Language: English
Area: 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km.)
Web Sites: SVG Hotel & Tourism Association (http://www.svghotels.com/)
SVG Tourism (http://www.svgtourism.com)
Newspapers: The Herald
(http://Heraldsvg.com)
Source of Information: #1
Capital:
Paramaribo
Population: 425,000 (1992)
Language: Dutch/English
Area: 63,036 sq. mi. (163,265 sq. km.)
Web Site: The Essence of Suriname
(http://www.surinam.net/ )
Source of Information: #1
Language:
English
Area: 116 sq. mi. (300 sq. km.)
Source of Information: #1
For more information, go to Trinidad & Tobago.
Language:
English
Newspaper(s): Island Sun
Source of Information: #1
For more information, go to British Virgin Islands.
Capital:
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Population: 1,234,388 (1990)
Language: English
Flower: Chaconia (Wind Poinsettia;
Warscewiczia Cuccinea)
Bird: Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus Rubber)
(Source #9)
Constituent Islands: Trinidad; Tobago
Web Site: Welcome to the Trinidad & Tobago Home Page
(http://www.tidco.co.tt/ )
Schools:
Fatima
College
(http://www.fatima.edu.tt/)
Saint
Mary's College
(http://www.wow.net/cic/welcome.htm)
University of the
West Indies - St. Augustine Campus
(www.mainlib.uwi.tt)
Newspapers:
T&T Online
Magazine
(http://www.wow.net/wow_T&T/T&T_Online.html)
Rainbow
Voyager Magazine
(http://www.wow.net/rainbows/)
Trinidad
Express (newspaper)
(http://www.trinidadexpress.com)
Trinidad
Guardian (newspaper)
(http://www.ttol.co.tt/)
Source of Information: #1
Language:
English
Area: 1,864 sq. mi. (4,828 sq. km.)
Source of Information: #1
For more information, go to Trinidad & Tobago.
Capital:
Cockburn Town, Grand Turk
Population: 14,000 (1993)
Language: English
Area: 193 sq. mi.
Source of Information: #1
Capital:
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas
Population: 101,809 (1990)
Language: English
Flower: Ginger Thomas (Source #11)
Bird: Bananaquit
Constituent Islands: St. Croix; St. John;
St. Thomas; Water Island
Web Site: America's Caribbean Paradise USVI
(http://www.usvi.net/)
Government
of the Virgin Islands
(http://www.usvi.org)
Newspapers: Daily News; St. Croix
Avis;
Tradewinds (St. John) (www.tradewinds.vi) One
paper (www.onepaper.com)
Schools:
University of the
Virgin Islands
(http://www.uvi.edu)
Source of Information: #10
Language:
English
Source of Information: #1
For more information, go to British Virgin Islands.
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Lipske, Mike. "The RARE art of promoting nature by stirring pride." Smithsonian May 1994. |
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Honychurch, Lennox. Dominica: Isle of Adventure. Baskingstoke: Macmillan Caribbean, 1991. |
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Sherlock, Philip. Jamaica, the Fairest Isle: a Visitor's Guide. London: Macmillan Education, 1992. |
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Fergus, Howard A. Montserrat: Emerald Isle of the Caribbean. London: Macmillan, 1983. |
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Ellis, G. Saint Lucia: Helen of the West Indies. 2nd. ed. London: Macmillan, 1988. |
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Ten Years of Progress: St. Kitts & Nevis: 10th Anniversary of Independence, September 19, 1993. St. Kitts: s.n.; 1993. |
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Taylor, Jeremy. Trinidad & Tobago: an Introduction and Guide. London: Macmillan, 1991. |
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