5 July 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Sainte-Rose (
Guadeloupean Creole : Sentwòz) is a
commune in the
department of
Guadeloupe . It is the second largest commune of Guadeloupe, in terms of area, after
Petit-Bourg . Sainte-Rose lies on the coast of the island of
Basse-Terre .
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17 June 2024 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General
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Saint Thomas (
Danish : Sankt Thomas,
Spanish : Santo Tomás,
French : Saint-Thomas) is one of the
Virgin Islands in the
Caribbean Sea , and a constituent district of the
United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an
unincorporated territory of the
United States . Along with surrounding minor islands, it is one of three
county-equivalents in the USVI. Together with
Saint John , it forms one of the
districts of the USVI . The territorial capital and port of
Charlotte Amalie is located on the island.
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4 April 2024 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General
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Las Tunas is a city and municipality in central-eastern
Cuba . It is the capital of the
Las Tunas Province and was named Victoria de Las Tunas from 1869 to 1976. In 2022, the municipality of Las Tunas had a population of 214,939. With a total area of 891 km² (344 sq mi), it has a population density of 240/km² (620/sq mi). The city of Las Tunas is located in along the
Carretera Central (highway), between the cities of
Camagüey ,
Holguín and
Bayamo .
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26 March 2024 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General
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Basse-Terre is the western and larger of the two main islands of the
French overseas department of
Guadeloupe in the
Caribbean . The capital of Guadeloupe, also called
Basse-Terre , is located on the island. The eastern main island is called
Grande-Terre . As
Saint Marie and
Honoré , Basse-Terre and the town of
Deshaies in the northwest of the island have been the main filming and setting locations for the British-French
dramedy television series Death in Paradise since 2011.
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11 December 2023 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General
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The Tobago Cays are an archipelago located in the
Southern Grenadines of
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines comprising five small islands and extensive
coral reefs . The cays – Petit Rameau, Petit Bateau, Baradal, Petit Tabac and Jamesby – are a popular tourism destination.
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26 November 2023 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General
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Great Stirrup Cay is a 268-acre (108 ha) island that is part of the
Berry Islands in the
Bahamas .
Norwegian Cruise Line purchased the island from the Belcher Oil Company in 1977 and developed it into a
private island for their cruise ship passengers. The northern part of the island has a sandy beach surrounded by rocks with snorkeling areas. The southern part features a helicopter airfield (with a sign reading “Great Stirrup Cay International Airport”), a large area without vegetation, and numerous concrete blocks. These are all remnants of a previous U.S. military installation and satellite tracking station. The island’s lighthouse was originally constructed in 1863 by the
Imperial Lighthouse Service . Great Stirrup Cay is adjacent to
Little Stirrup Cay ,
Royal Caribbean Cruises’ private island.
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28 October 2023 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General , UNESCO World Heritage
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San Juan (Spanish for “Saint
John “) is the
capital city and most populous
municipality in the
Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico , an
unincorporated territory of the
United States . As of the
2020 census , it is the
57th-largest city under the jurisdiction of the United States, with a population of 342,259. San Juan was founded by
Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it
Ciudad de Puerto Rico (“City of Puerto Rico”, Spanish for
rich port city ).
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27 October 2023 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General , Environment
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Desecheo (
Spanish : Isla Desecheo) is a small uninhabited
island of the
archipelago of
Puerto Rico located in the northeast of the
Mona Passage ; 13 mi (21 km) from
Rincón on the west coast (
Punta Higüero ) of the main island of Puerto Rico and 31 mi (50 km) northeast of
Mona Island . It has a land area of 0.589 sq mi (377 acres; 153 ha; 1.53 km²). Politically, the island is administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as the
Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge , but part of
Barrio Sabanetas of
Mayaguez .
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26 October 2023 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General , Environment
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Mona (
Spanish : Isla de Mona) is the third-largest island of the
Puerto Rican archipelago , after the main island of Puerto Rico and
Vieques . It is the largest of three islands in the
Mona Passage , a strait between the
Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, the others being
Monito Island and
Desecheo Island . It measures about 7 miles by 4 miles (11 km by 7 km), and lies 41 mi (66 km) west of Puerto Rico, of which it is administratively a part. It is one of two islands that make up the
Isla de Mona e Islote Monito barrio in the municipality of
Mayagüez .
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