Caribbean South America

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Caribbean South America [1] is a subregion of South America that borders the Caribbean Sea, including the Southern Caribbean, consisting of the Caribbean region of Colombia [2] and the Venezuelan Caribbean. [3]

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Significant cities and metropolitan areas with populations over 250,000 on South America's Caribbean coast include, from west to east: Cartagena (914,552), Barranquilla (2,370,753 metropolitan area), Santa Marta (499,192 district), Maracaibo (5,278,448 metropolitan area), Caracas (8,956,813 metropolitan area), Barcelona (815,141), Puerto La Cruz (454,312), and Cumaná (405,626).

By extension, The Guianas, while not bordering the Caribbean Sea directly, are commonly reckoned with this region, as well, on account of their close ties with Caribbean countries, e.g. through membership in the Association of Caribbean States, the Caribbean Community, North American CONCACAF, and even the West Indies Cricket Team.

Colombian Caribbean

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Archipelago of San Andrés and Providencia.
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Colombian island of Providencia in the Caribbean Sea.

From the border with Panama at Cabo Tiburón to Castilletes on the Guajira Peninsula, border with Venezuela.

It includes the Colombian departments of Atlántico, Bolívar, Magdalena, Córdoba, Sucre, La Guajira, Cesar, and the subregion of Urabá (North of the departments of Antioquia and Chocó).

The main urban centers are Barranquilla, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Montería, Sincelejo, Riohacha, Valledupar, Apartadó, San Andrés, and Acandí. In addition, Colombia has an insular department in the Caribbean with various islands and cayes:

Venezuelan Caribbean

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Map indicating the Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, highlighting the Caribbean coast.

From Castilletes on the border with Colombia to the northern coast of the Paria Peninsula, in Sucre State, in eastern Venezuela.

It includes the Venezuelan states of Zulia, Falcón, Lara, Miranda, Carabobo, Aragua, La Guaira, Yaracuy, Anzoátegui, Sucre, Nueva Esparta, and the Capital District.

The main urban centers are Maracaibo, Coro, Barquisimeto, Los Teques, La Guaira, San Felipe, Barcelona, Cumaná, Porlamar, and Caracas.

Venezuela is the country with the most extensive coastline on the Caribbean Sea, both relatively and proportionally; it is also the country with the largest recognized maritime territory in this sea. Furthermore, it is the ancestral homeland of the Carib ethnic group, which gave its name to the entire region and is currently located in eastern Venezuela.

Venezuela possesses two insular federal entities in the Caribbean (Nueva Esparta and the Federal Dependencies), as well as various archipelagoes, cayes, islands, and islets incorporated into the territories of several states that form part of the Caribbean

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References

  1. ↑ Zevallos, Luis Ortiz de (1976). Tierra Y Urbe (in Spanish). Unesco, Oficina Regional de Cultura para América Latina y el Caribe, Centro de Documentación.
  2. ↑ "Caribe Colombiano". PROCOLOMBIA (in Spanish).
  3. ↑ "Viajar al Caribe venezolano – Cosas del Caribe". www.cosasdelcaribe.es (in Spanish). 2010-05-20. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
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