19 December 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Deshaies (
Guadeloupean Creole : Déhé) is a
commune in the
French overseas region and
department of
Guadeloupe , in the
Lesser Antilles . It is on the northwest coast of
Basse-Terre Island . The inhabitants are called
Deshaisiens .
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13 December 2024 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General
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Saint Croix (
Spanish : Santa Cruz;
Dutch : Sint-Kruis;
French : Sainte-Croix;
Danish ;
Norwegian : Sankt Croix;
Taino : Ay Ay) is an island in the
Caribbean Sea , and a county and constituent
district of the
United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an
unincorporated territory of the United States .
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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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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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28 January 2023 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General
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The British Virgin Islands (BVI), officially the Virgin Islands, are a
British Overseas Territory in the
Caribbean , to the east of
Puerto Rico and the
US Virgin Islands and north-west of
Anguilla . The islands are geographically part of the
Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the
Leeward Islands of the
Lesser Antilles and part of the
West Indies .
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27 January 2023 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General
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Montserrat is a
British Overseas Territory in the
Caribbean . It is part of the
Leeward Islands , the northern portion of the
Lesser Antilles chain of the
West Indies . Montserrat is about 16 km (10 mi) long and 11 km (7 mi) wide, with roughly 40 km (25 mi) of coastline. It is nicknamed “The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean” both for its resemblance to coastal
Ireland and for the
Irish ancestry of many of its inhabitants. Montserrat is the only non-fully sovereign full member of the
Caribbean Community and the
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States .
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25 January 2023 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General
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Anguilla is a
British Overseas Territory in the
Caribbean . It is one of the most northerly of the
Leeward Islands in the
Lesser Antilles , lying east of
Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands and directly north of
Saint Martin . The territory consists of the main island of Anguilla, approximately 16 miles (26 kilometres) long by 3 miles (5 km) wide at its widest point, together with a number of much smaller islands and
cays with no permanent population. The territory’s capital is
The Valley . The total land area of the territory is 35 square miles (91 km²), with a population of approximately 15,753 (2021).
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24 January 2023 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General
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Saint Barthélemy is an
overseas collectivity of
France in the
Caribbean . It is often abbreviated to St. Barth in French, and St. Barts in English. The island lies about 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the Caribbean island
Saint Martin , and is northeast of the Dutch islands of
Saba ,
Sint Eustatius , and the independent country of
Saint Kitts and Nevis .
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