- Fact 2 - The Caribbean is located
South-east of the Gulf of Mexico and North America, East of
Central America, and to the north of South America.
- Fact 3 - The Caribbean sea is an
arm of the Atlantic
Ocean between North and South America
- Fact 4 - The Caribbean sea is the
origin of the Gulf stream
- Fact 5 - The Caribbean takes its
name from that of the Carib an indigenous tribe of the region
- Fact 6 - Famous people such as Rhianna, Sean Kingston, Sean Paul and Bob Marley come from the
islands
- Fact 7 - Many of the residents are
descendants of African slaves.
Sir Francis Drake was an Officer on West African slave ships
and sailed to the region with his cousin John Hawkins
- Fact 8 - “Spanish Main”
referred to the coastal region surrounding the Caribbean Sea and
South America
- Fact 9 - Spanish treasures fleets
were attacked by the famous
Elizabethan pirates who used many of the Caribbean Islands
as their bases.
- Fact 10 - Situated on the Caribbean
Plate, the region comprises more than 7,000 islands, most of
which are not populated. These islands are called the West
Indies mark the eastern and northern edges of the Caribbean Sea.
- Fact 11 - The climate of the region
is tropical.
- Fact 12 - The Largest cities are
Santo Domingo, Havana, Santiago de los Caballeros,
Port-au-Prince, Kingston, Santiago de Cuba and San Juan
- Fact 13 - The region is subject to
frequent hurricanes and tropical storms
- Fact 14 - The region sits in the
line of several major shipping routes with the man-made Panama
Canal connecting the western Caribbean Sea with the Pacific
Ocean
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