Land Area in the Caribbean: 239,681 km2 (92,541 sq mi)
Population in the Caribbean: 39,169,962 (2009)
Larges Country in the Caribbean: Cuba
Time Zone: UTC-5 to UTC-4
The Caribbean is the region southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and the North American mainland, east of Central America, and north of South America. The region takes its name from that of the Caribs, an ethnic group present in the Lesser Antilles and parts of adjacent South America at the time of the Spanish conquest. Considered as a sub-region of North America; the Islands of the Caribbean Sea or West Indies consis