Central America and the Caribbean

Map of Central America and the Caribbean

countries and capitals

The following map of Central America and the Caribbean shows countries and capital cities.
First read the questions and then have a look at the map to be able to answer them. We hope this test will be of great use to both students and people who are planning to visit Central America and the Caribbean (travel and tourism). We suggest visitors to read the article entitled “Tourism in Central America and the Caribbean”, below the map.

What’s the name of each of the 20 countries that appear on the map?
Taking the cursor to the capital cities , you will be able to see them as titles of the links*. Haciendo clic accederás a un mapa en el que se ha resaltado y aparece sobreimpreso su nombre.
What are the names of their their capital cities?
Check your answers by clicking on them.

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Los nombres de los países centroamericanos y caribeños (en orden alfabético) son: Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; El Salvador; Grenada; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Nicaragua; Panama; Puerto Rico; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Tourism in Central America and the Caribbean

Central America and the islands of the Caribbean Sea are, for the international, synonymous tourist of sun, lukewarm and crystalline beach, and waters. Between the more important tourist destinies of this region they are: the gorgeous Coast Emerald, in the department of Izabal (Guatemala); the National Park of Tortuguero, " the Amazon of Costa Rica " , a rainy forest crossed by rivers and channels with a great biodiversity, in which the egg-laying of the green turtles takes place (between July and October); the National Park of Manuel Antonio (Costa Rica), near Quepos Port, on the Pacific, in which the mountain and the forest arrive until the sea and where the tourist can observe - with only journeying his footpaths monkeys, sluggish, turtles, coatíes and crabs; the Great Island, in the Panamanian Caribbean, with its white sand beaches and their ebullient vegetation; the Taboga island or " Island of the Flores" , in the gulf of Panama, with lukewarm waters that are special for the practice from the diving and the nautical sports; the archipelago Mouths of Toro, to the northwest of Panama; the varied beaches of the Bahamas, like those of Nassau, the Somerset Beach in the island of Andros, the beaches of the islands Grand Bahama and Cat Island, and the pink sand beaches of Harbour Island; the white sand beaches of Dock (Cuban city with one varied hotel supply) and of the Cuban province of the Bigeye tunas (especially the beach of Covarrubias); the white beaches of Jamaica, between which they stand out Doctor' s Digs (Cave of the Doctor), Walter Fletcher and Cornwall Beach; the Dominican, ideal island of for the practice of the senderismo and the diving (in Soufrière Bay is an overwhelming submerged crater); the beaches of White End (Dominican Republic), with white sand, crystalline giants palms and waters; the beaches of the province of Port Silver (name given to these coasts by the own Cristóbal Columbus, dazzled by the beauty of its sea), in the Atlantic coast of the Dominican Republic; the diverse beaches of Puerto Rico, like Green Island, Seven You are, Shacks, Luquillo and Boquerón; and the cities of Managua, San jOse of Costa Rica, City of Panama, Havana and Santo Domingo. The Caribbean Sea is sailed continuously by imposing cruises, that by their luxury and comfort constitute means privileged for the tourists who wish to cross it and to enjoy it. Collapse article … Expand article