Countries of the Caribbean

1. Countries of the Caribbean By Taylor

2. Cuba • Population:11,477,459 • Language: Spanish • Primary religion: 85% Roman Catholic • Government type: Communist state • Imports/exports: Imports-sugar, tobacco, citrus, coffee, rice, potatoes, beans; livestock. • Exports-sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, coffee. • Geographical features- • Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, 150 km south of Key West, Florida. • Area: slightly smaller than Pennsylvania.

3. Dominican Republic • Population: 9,650,054 • Language: Spanish • Religion : 95% Roman Catholic • Government: Democratic Republic • Imports/Exports: Exports- • ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer goods. • Imports- petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals • Location: Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti.

4. Puerto Rico • Population: 3,966,213 • Language(s): Spanish, English • Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15% • Government Type: Commonwealth • Import: chemicals, machinery and equipment, clothing, food, fish, petroleum products • Export: chemicals, electronics, apparel, canned tuna, rum, beverage concentrates, medical equipment • Geographical Features: important location along the Mona Passage - a key shipping lane to the Panama Canal; San Juan is one of the biggest and best natural harbors in the Caribbean; many small rivers and high central mountains ensure land is well watered; south coast relatively dry; fertile coastal plain belt in

5. Mexico • Population: 111,211,789 • Language(s): Spanish, Mayan, Nahunta, and other languages • Religions: Roman Catholic 76.5%, Protestant 6.3% (Pentecostal 1.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%, other 3.8%), other 0.3%, unspecified 13.8%, none 3.1% • Government Type: Federal Republic • Import: metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts • Export: manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits, vegetables, coffee, cotton • Geographical Features: strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico

6. El Salvador • Population: 7,185,218 • Language(s): Spanish, Nihau • Religion: Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, other religions 2.3%, none 16.8% • Government Type: Republic • Import: raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity • Export: offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, textiles and apparel, gold, ethanol, chemicals, electricity, iron and steel manufactures • Geographical Features: smallest Central American country and only one without a coastline on Caribbean Sea

7. Guatemala • Population: 13,276,517 • Language(s): Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% • Religion: Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs • Government: Constitutional Democratic Republic • Import: fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, grain, fertilizers, electricity • Export: coffee, sugar, petroleum, apparel, bananas, fruits and vegetables, cardamom • Geographical Features: no natural harbors on west coast