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CPD: Caribbean Islands overview (10486 words) |
 | The oldest land areas of the modern Caribbean are at the extreme ends of the arc of islands in Cuba and Trinidad. |
| The population of the Caribbean islands in 1991 was estimated to be 35 million (FAO 1990), projected to rise to about 40 million by the year 2000, and to nearly 60 million by 2025. |
| The highest peak of the Caribbean islands is Pico Duarte (3087 m) in the west Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republic. |
| Geographia - The Caribbean & The Bahamas Homepage (677 words) |
| The islands were of invaluable strategic and economic importance during the colonial era, and its landscape seethes with its remarkable history. |
| Lucia, one of the region's lesser known islands, is a cultural and tropical delight. |
| The island of Dutch St. Maarten and French St. Martin is the smallest land mass in the world to be shared by two nations. |
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