Caribbean

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Caribbean Islands Environmental profile

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Forest Cover | Forest types | Breakdown of forest types | Change in Forest Cover | Primary forest | Forest designation | Disturbances affecting forest land | Protected areas | Biodiversity - Wildlife | Biodiversity - Plants | Value of forests | Production, trade and consumption of forest products | Environment | Land use / Resources | Economy | Population / Demographics | Infrastructure | Health | References | Books

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[an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Largest Cities in the Caribbean Cities and urban areas in the Caribbean with population over 100,000, sorted by City Population All figures are estimates for 2002. City Country City Population Urban Area Population Urban Area Rank [World] City Pop Rank [World] Urban Area Rank [North America] City Pop Rank [North America] Havana Cuba 2328000 2662300 128 83 23 6 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 2061200 2799600 120 100 21 7 Port-au-Prince Haiti 1082800 1728100 202 246 37 24 Kingston Jamaica 583900 925000 455 492 77 54 Santiago de Cuba Cuba 544400 544400 749 537 121 63 Santiago Dominican Republic 458000 458000 869 669 128 78 Camaguey Cuba 348600 348600 1033 901 140 107 Holguin Cuba 312100 312100 1128 1019 150 125 Guantanamo Cuba 269200 269200 1280 1195 157 134 Santa Clara Cuba 247800 247800 1380 1307 166 146 Bayamo Cuba 186400 186400 1809 1775 214 207 La Romana Dominican Republic 182500 182500 1843 1811 218 211 Nassau Bahamas 179300 179300 1877 1847 220 213 Pinar del Rio Cuba 176300 176300 1901 1873 223 217 Cienfuegos Cuba 168600 168600 1973 1944 231 226 San Pedro de Macoris Dominican Republic 159000 159000 2074 2051 239 235 Las Tunas Cuba 145800 145800 2248 2229 266 263 Matanzas Cuba 142200 142200 2300 2282 276 273 San Francisco de Macoris Dominican Republic 133500 133500 2430 2415 292 290 Sancti Spiritus Cuba 123200 123200 2607 2591 319 317 Cap-Haitien Haiti 122700 122700 2617 2601 321 319 Manzanillo Cuba 121000 121000 2658 2642 328 326 Ciego de Avila Cuba 119800 119800 2681 2665 335 333 Palma Soriano Cuba 111600 111600 2862 2846 358 357 San Cristobal Dominican Republic 111600 111600 2863 2847 359 358 Puerto Plata Dominican Republic 111500 111500 2865 2849 360 359 La Vega Dominican Republic 106200 106200 2999 2984 387 387 [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Caribbean : References & Data Sources  Environment, Land use / Resources, Economy, Population / Demographics, Infrastructure, Health -- CIA World Factbook, 2005  Forest Cover, Forest types, Breakdown of forest types, Change in Forest Cover, Primary forests, Forest designation, Disturbances affecting forest land, Value of forests, Production, trade and consumption of forest products -- The FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS's Global Forest Resources Assessment (2005) and the State of the World�s Forests (2005, 2003, 2001)  Protected Areas, Plant and animal biodiversity -- United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). 2004. World Database on Protected Areas.  Biosphere reservers -- United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Man and Biosphere Program. 2004. UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory.  RAMSAR sites -- The Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands . 2005. The Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance.  World Resources Institute's EarthTrends web site  The 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species  Population Data -- United Nations Population Fund  With additional analysis by Rhett Butler of mongabay.com