Okwaneleyo ukufumana indawo yakho epheleleyo elangeni
Iinqaba zaseCaribbean ziquka iziqithi ezingaphezu kwama-7 000 kwiphondo elingama-1-million-square miles. Kukho iintlanga ezili-13 eziziqithi kunye nezizwe ezixhomekeke kwiindawo ezili-12, ezinxulumene nezopolitiko ezikude kulo lonke elaseYurophu nakwi-United States. Amanye amazwe angama-10 aseMelika aseMelika aquka amaxweme aseCaribbean. Ummandla wonke, odla ngokubizwa ngokuba yi-West Indies, uncedo kwiimeko zemozulu ezitshatyalaliswayo ngamaxesha okushisa, ukuwenza kube enye yeendawo ezithandwa kakhulu kwihlabathi.
KwiiCaribbean Islands Geography
IiCaribbean iqulethe amaqela amathathu alunxwemeni: ii-Antilles ezinkulu, ii-Antilles ezincinci kunye ne-Lucayan Archipelago, ezibandakanya i-Commonwealth yeBahamas, neTurks neCaicos, zombini kwezobuchwephesha kwi-Atlantic kodwa ngokubambisana kunye nezopolitiko kwiCaribbean. Iziqithi ezinkulu zaseCuba, i-Hispaniola (i-Haiti kunye neRiphabhliki yaseRominican), eJamaica nasePuerto Rico zonke zivela kwii-Greater Antilles kwingxenye esenyakatho yeCaribbean. Ama-Antilles amancinci aquka iiplabathi ezikumzantsi-mpuma kwaye unokwahlukana ngakumbi kwiiNeweward Islands kunye nakwii-Windward Islands. Iziqithi ezikuloo mimandla yaseCentral neSouth America, nangona zikhethiweyo, ngokuqhelekileyo ziya kufakwa kweli qela.
Kuba ngama-42,803 iekhilomitha ezili-1,3, i-Cuba iqala kuqala ngobukhulu nakubantu, kodwa ngeenqwelwana ezininzi ezingenakunqandwa, imifula kunye neenkcukacha eziphawula imephu, isihloko sotshintsho oluncinci ngokwemeko.
Ngokombono, i-marathoner yayiza kufuneka iwele i-Saba encane kwinqanaba elikuphela kweso siqithi elinamaxesha amabini anesiqingatha ukuze kufinyelele i-mileage efunekayo. Emva kokuba iinjineli zithathwa njenge-volcanic outpost e-Antilles yaseNetherlands kakhulu kwaye iyingcipheko yendlela, abahlali bayakhela ngesandla.
Iilwimi zaseCaribbean Islands
IsiNgesi sisoloko ulwimi oluqhelekileyo eCaribbean kunye nolwimi lwaseburhulumenteni ubuncinane kwiziqithi ezili-18 okanye iinqila ezikuloo ndawo kuquka ii-Virgin Islands nase-Florida Keys.
IsiSpanish sithetha eCuba, kwiRiphabhlikhi yaseDominican nasePuerto Rico, ngaphezu kwelizwe laseCaribbean laseMexico kunye neCentral neSouth America. Izigulane zaseFrentshi zilawulwa kwiiIfisi zaseFransi zaseGuadeloupe, eMartinique, eStrans Barts naseSt. Martin, naseHaiti, eyayisakuba yikholoni yaseFransi. Iziqithi e-Netherlands Antilles uluhlu lwesiDatshi, isiNgesi kunye ne-creole diale Papiamentu njengeelwimi ezisemthethweni, nangona unako ukuva abantu beNgesi okanye iPapiamentu. Ezinye izidumi ze-creole, ezidibanisa izixhobo zendalo, izilimi zaseAfrika kunye nezifudumi kunye nolwimi lwama-colonial, lukhula kulo lonke ummandla.
Caribbean Islands I nkcubeko
Imbali yezopolitiko ingaba yikholoniyali, kodwa inkcubeko yeCaribbean yi-amalgam yamasiko athile avela kuyo. Ubugcisa, umculo, uncwadi kunye nokuphumelela kwenkcubeko kubonisa ukuba ilifa labalungu baseAfrika lisiwe ngenjongo yokusebenza kwintlanzi, ama-Amerindi ahlala eziqithi ngaphambi kokufika kukaChristopher Columbus kunye nabaseYurophu.