Ngaphezu kokwanele ukuthola indawo yakho ephelele elangeni
I-Caribbean archipelago ihlanganisa iziqhingi ezingaphezu kuka-7 000 eziqhingini ezingaba yizigidi ezingu-1. Kunezizwe eziyi-13 eziyisiqhingi eziyisiqhingi nezindawo ezixhomekile ezingu-12, ngezibopho ezombusazwe eziseduze kulo lonke elase-Europe nase-United States. Amanye amazwe angu-10 aseLatin America ahlanganisa ogwini lwaseCaribbean. Isifunda sonke, esivame ukubizwa ngokuthi i-West Indies, sizuzisa esiteshini sezulu esishisayo esinamazinga okushisa asemaphandleni ngonyaka wonke, okwenza kube enye yezindawo ezifunwa kakhulu emhlabeni.
I-Caribbean Islands Geography
I-Caribbean iqukethe amaqembu amathathu ayisiqhingi: i-Greater Antilles, i-Antilles encane kanye ne-Lucayan Archipelago, ehlanganisa i-Commonwealth yeBahamas, neTurkey neCaicos, kokubili e-Atlantic kodwa ngokubambisana kwezenhlalo nezombusazwe eCaribbean. Iziqhingi ezinkulu zaseCuba, i-Hispaniola (izakhamuzi zaseHaiti neDominican Republic), eJamica nasePuerto Rico zonke zingabase-Greater Antilles engxenyeni esenyakatho yeCaribbean. I-Anti-Antilles ihlanganisa iziqhingi eziseningizimu-ntshonalanga futhi ingaqhubeka ihlukaniswe enyakatho yeLeeward Islands nasezingeningizimu ze-Windward Islands. Iziqhingi ezisemaphandleni aseCentral naseNingizimu Melika, nakuba zihlukanisiwe, ngokuvamile zifakiwe kuleli qembu.
Emakhilomitha angama-42,803, i-Cuba iqala kuqala ngobukhulu nangabantu, kodwa eneziqhingi eziningi ezingenakunqunywa, imifula nezindawo zokungena ezivezwe imephu, isihloko sokushintsha okuncane kunomongo.
Ngombono, i-marathoner izodinga ukuwela i-Saba encane emgwaqeni owodwa odweba isiqhingi kuphela izikhathi ezimbili nengxenye ukuze ufinyelele mileage edingekayo. Ngemuva kokuba onjiniyela bebheka indawo yokukhuphuka kwentaba yase-Netherlands e-Antilles futhi imifula yomgwaqo, izakhamuzi zakha ngesandla.
Izilimi zaseCaribbean Izilimi
IsiNgisi sihlala ulimi oluyinhloko e-Caribbean kanye nolimi olusemthethweni lweziqhingi ezingu-18 noma amaqhingi esifundeni kuhlanganise ne-US Virgin Islands naseFlorida Keys.
IsiSpanish sikhulunywa eCuba, eRiponican Republic nasePuerto Rico, ngaphezu kwamazwe aseCaribbean aseMelika, naseCentral naseNingizimu Melika. Izikhulumi zaseFrance zibusa eziqhingini zaseFrance zaseGuadeloupe, eMartinique, eSt. Barts naseSt. Martin, naseHaiti, elaliyikholomu laseFrance. Eziqhingini zase-Netherlands Antilles uhlu lweDutch, isiNgisi kanye ne-creole dialect Papiamentu njengezilimi ezisemthethweni, nakuba kungenzeka ukuthi uzwe abantu bekhuluma isiNgisi noma i-Papiamentu. Ezinye izilimi ze-creole, ezihlanganisa izilimi zendabuko, izilimi zase-Afrika nezilimi ezivela kwelinye izwe ngolwimi lwama-colonial, zihluma kulo lonke isifunda.
Iziqhingi zaseCaribbean Islands
Umlando wezombusazwe ungase ube ukoloni, kepha isiko lamaCaribbean lihlanganiswa ngamasiko amaningi avela khona. Ubuciko, umculo, izincwadi kanye nempumelelo ye-culinary kubonisa ifa lezigqila zase-Afrika eziphoqelelwe ukuba zisebenze emasimini ashukela, ama-Amerindi ahlala eziqhingini ngaphambi kokufika kukaChristopher Columbus nabaseYurophu abakoloni.