Karibi

Karibi (špansko Caribe; francosko Caraïbe ali pogosteje Antilles; nizozemsko Cariben ali Caraïben) so srednjeameriška regija, ki obsega Karibsko morje s pripadajočimi otoki (ti večinoma obdajajo morje in se delijo na Velike Antile na severu ter na Male Antile na vzhodnem in južnem robu) in okolišnimi obalami. Regija leži jugovzhodno od Severne Amerike, vzhodno od kopenske Srednje Amerike ter severno in severozahodno od Južne Amerike.

Karibske otoke ponekod imenujejo tudi Zahodnoindijski otoki. To ime izvira še iz časov pomorščakov-raziskovalcev (Krištof Kolumb) in osvajalcev, ki so konec 15. in v začetku 16. stoletja iskali drugo pot proti Indiji, Kitajski in Japonski ter sploh niso pomislili, da so prišli do nove celine. Mislili so, da so prišli do prvih otokov na skrajni zahodni strani Indije, zato so otokom dali tako ime.

Seznam otokov oziroma držav (ozemelj) v Karibih

Zastava	Država ali teritorij^[1]^[2]^[3]	Suverenost	Status	Površina (km²)^[4]	Prebivalstvo (2021)^[5]^[6]	Gostota prebivalstva (za km²)	Glavno mesto
	Antigva in Barbuda	Neodvisna	Parlamentarna demokracija	7002442000000000000442	700493219000000000093.219	199.1	St. John's
	Bahami^[7]	Neodvisna	Parlamentarna demokracija	700413943000000000013.943	7005407906000000000407.906	24.5	Nassau
	Barbados	Neodvisna	Parlamentarna demokracija	7002430000000000000430	7005281200000000000281.200	595.3	Bridgetown
	Belize	Neodvisna	Parlamentarna demokracija	700122966000000000022,966	7005400031000000000400.031	16.4	Belmopan
	Aruba	Kraljevina Nizozemska	Sestavna država	7002180000000000000180	7005106537000000000106.537	594.4	Oranjestad
	Bonaire	Kraljevina Nizozemska	Posebna mestna uprava Nizozemske	7002294000000000000294	7001120930000000000012,093^[8]	41.1	Kralendijk
	Sveti Evstahij	Kraljevina Nizozemska	Posebna mestna uprava Nizozemske	700121000000000000021	700027390000000000002,739^[8]	130.4	Oranjestad
	Saba	Kraljevina Nizozemska	Posebna mestna uprava Nizozemske	700113000000000000013	700015370000000000001,537^[8]	118.2	The Bottom
	Curaçao	Kraljevina Nizozemska	Sestavna država	7002444000000000000444	7005190338000000000190.338	317.1	Willemstad
	Sveti Martin	Kraljevina Nizozemska	Sestavna država	700134000000000000034	700444042000000000044.042	1176.7	Philipsburg
	Saint Martin	Francija	Čezmorska skupnost	700154000000000000054	7001372640000000000037,264	552.2	Marigot
	Gvadelup	Francija	Čezmorski okraj in dežela	70031628000000000001.628	7005396051000000000396.051	246.7	Basse-Terre
	Martinik	Francija	Čezmorki okraj	70031128000000000001.128	7005368796000000000368.796	352.6	Fort-de-France
	Saint Barthélemy	Francija	Čezmorska skupnost	700121000000000000021	700410861000000000010.861	354.7	Gustavia
	Dominikanska republika	Neodvisna	Republika	700448671000000000048.671	700711117873000000011.117.873	207.3	Santo Domingo
	Haiti	Neodvisna	Republika	700427750000000000027.750	700711447569000000011.447.569	361.5	Port-au-Prince
	Portoriko	Združene države Amerike	Commonwealth	70038870000000000008.870	70063256028000000003.256.028	448.9	San Juan
	Deviški otoki Združenih držav	Združene države Amerike	Teritorij	7002347000000000000347	7005100091000000000100.091	317.0	Charlotte Amalie
	Britanski Deviški otoki	Združeno kraljestvo	Britanski čezmorski teritorij	7002151000000000000151	700431122000000000031.122	152.3	Road Town
	Angvila	Združeno kraljestvo	Britanski čezmorski teritorij	700191000000000000091	700415753000000000015.753	164.8	The Valley
	Kajmanski otoki	Združeno kraljestvo	Britanski čezmorski teritorij	7002264000000000000264	700468136000000000068.136	212.1	George Town
	Montserrat	Združeno kraljestvo	Britanski čezmorski teritorij	7002102000000000000102	70034417000000000004.417	58.8	Plymouth (Brades)^[9]
	Otoki Turks in Caicos^[10]	Združeno kraljestvo	Britanski čezmorski teritorij	7002948000000000000948	700445114000000000045.114	34.8	Cockburn Town
	Kuba	Neodvisna	Socialistična republika	7005109886000000000109.886	700711256372000000011.256.372	102.0	Havana
	Dominika	Neodvisna	Parliamentary Republic Democracy	7002751000000000000751	700472412000000000072.412	89.2	Roseau
	Jamajka	Neodvisna	Parlamentarna demokracija	700410991000000000010.991	70062827695000000002.827.695	247.4	Kingston
	Grenada	Neodvisna	Parlamentarna demokracija	7002344000000000000344	7005124610000000000124.610	302.3	St. George's
San Andrés y Providencia	San Andrés and Providencia	Kolumbija	Okraj	7002525000000000000525	7001751670000000000075,167	1431	San Andrés
Federal Dependencies of Venezuela	Federal Dependencies of Venezuela	Venezuela	Territories	7002342000000000000342	700021549000009999902,155	6.3	Gran Roque
	Nueva Esparta	Venezuela	Država	70031151000000000001.151	70024916100000000000.491,610	427.1	La Asunción
	Trinidad in Tobago	Neodvisna	Parlamentarna demokracija	70035130000000000005.130	70061525663000000001.525.663	261.0	Port of Spain
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Neodvisna	Zvezna parlamentarna demokracija	7002261000000000000261	700447606000000000047.606	199.2	Basseterre
	Sveta Lucija	Neodvisna	Parlamentarna demokracija	7002539000000000000539	7005179651000000000179.651	319.1	Castries
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Neodvisna	Parlamentarna demokracija	7002389000000000000389	7005104332000000000104.332	280.2	Kingstown
Skupno				7005235667000000000235.667	700743721039000000043.721.039	187.6

Otoki v Karibih se delijo na:

Velike Antile, kamor sodijo:

Male Antile, ki se delijo na dve skupini:

Zavetrne otoke

Deviški otoki (delno britanski in delno ZDA)
Angvila (britanski)
Sveti Evstahij (nizozemski)
Sveti Martin (delno nizozemski in delno francoski)
Sveti Bartolomej (francoski)
Saba (nizozemski)
Barbuda (del Antigve)
Sveti Kristofor in Nevis (neodvisen)
Antigva (neodvisna)
Montserrat (britanski)
Gvadalupa (delno francoski, drugi del neodvisen)
Mrie-Galante (del Gvadalupe)
Dominika (neodvisna)

Privetrne otoke

Martinik (francoski)
Sveta Lucija (neodvisna)
Sveti Vincencij (del države Sveti Vincencij in Grenadine)
Grenadine (dve tretjini del države Sveti Vincencij in Grenadine, ena tretjina del države Grenada)
Grenada (neodvisna)
Barbados (neodvisna)
Tobago (del države Trinidad in Tobago)
Trinidad (del države Trinidad in Tobago)
Curaçao (Nizozemski Antili)
Bonaire (Nizozemski Antili)

Nekateri avtorji zadnjih treh otokov ne prištevajo h Karibom.

V širšem smislu se h Karibskim otokom štejejo še Bahami in otoki Turks in Caicos, čeprav so, zemljepisno gledano, že v Atlantiku.

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↑ ^8,0 ^8,1 ^8,2 Population estimates are taken from the Central Bureau of Statistics Netherlands Antilles. »Statistical information: Population«. Government of the Netherlands Antilles. Arhivirano iz prvotnega spletišča dne 1. maja 2010. Pridobljeno 14. oktobra 2010.
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↑ Since the Lucayan Archipelago is located in the Atlantic Ocean rather than Caribbean Sea, the Turks and Caicos Islands are part of the West Indies but are not technically part of the Caribbean, although the United Nations groups them with the Caribbean.

[spp-1] »SPP Background«. CommerceConnect.gov. Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America. Arhivirano iz prvotnega spletišča dne 18. junija 2008. Pridobljeno 14. novembra 2010.

[epa-2] »Ecoregions of North America«. United States Environmental Protection Agency. Pridobljeno 30. maja 2011.

[About.com-3] »What's the difference between North, Latin, Central, Middle, South, Spanish and Anglo America?«. About.com. Arhivirano iz prvotnega spletišča dne 10. aprila 2016. Pridobljeno 29. avgusta 2021.

[4] Unless otherwise noted, land area figures are taken from »Demographic Yearbook—Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density« (PDF). United Nations Statistics Division. 2008. Pridobljeno 14. oktobra 2010. {{navedi časopis}}: Sklic journal potrebuje|journal= (pomoč)

[UN_WPP-5] »"World Population Prospects 2022"«. population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Pridobljeno 17. julija 2022.

[UN_WPP_2022-6] »World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100« (XSLX). population.un.org ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Pridobljeno 17. julija 2022.

[7] Since the Lucayan Archipelago is located in the Atlantic Ocean rather than Caribbean Sea, the Bahamas are part of the West Indies but are not technically part of the Caribbean, although the United Nations groups them with the Caribbean.

[nethant-8] 8,0 ^8,1 ^8,2 Population estimates are taken from the Central Bureau of Statistics Netherlands Antilles. »Statistical information: Population«. Government of the Netherlands Antilles. Arhivirano iz prvotnega spletišča dne 1. maja 2010. Pridobljeno 14. oktobra 2010.

[9] Because of ongoing activity of the Soufriere Hills volcano beginning in July 1995, much of Plymouth was destroyed and government offices were relocated to Brades. Plymouth remains the de jure capital.

[10] Since the Lucayan Archipelago is located in the Atlantic Ocean rather than Caribbean Sea, the Turks and Caicos Islands are part of the West Indies but are not technically part of the Caribbean, although the United Nations groups them with the Caribbean.

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