How many islands are in the West Indies?
7,000 islands
The West Indies are a geologically complex island system consisting of 7,000 islands and islets stretching over 3,000 km from the Florida peninsula of North America south-southeast to the northern coast of Venezuela.
What are the names of the West Indian islands?
Three major physiographic divisions constitute the West Indies: the Greater Antilles, comprising the islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico; the Lesser Antilles, including the Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat, Guadeloupe.
What is the largest West Indian island?
Spanning 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica….Is Jamaica the largest island in the West Indies?
| Jamaica Jumieka (Jamaican Patois) | |
|---|---|
| Internet TLD | .jm |
What are the West Indies called today?
Caribbean
Nowadays, the term West Indies is often interchangeable with the term Caribbean, although the latter may also include some Central and South American mainland countries which have Caribbean coastlines, such as Belize, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, and the Atlantic island nations of Trinidad and Tobago and Bermuda …
What is capital of West Indies?
Chaguaramas
West Indies Federation
| West Indian Federation | |
|---|---|
| Capital | Chaguaramas (de jure) Port of Spain (de facto) |
| Common languages | English Patois English Creoles Spanish French Caribbean Hindustani Chinese Arabic Antillean French Creole Tamil Portuguese |
| Demonym(s) | West Indian |
| Government | Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
Which is the capital of West Indies?
What is the difference between West Indies and Caribbean?
Caribbean is the term most politically correct social scientists and historians would use to denote the 7,000-odd islands that lie in the Caribbean Sea area — West Indies was a term coined by colonising European powers.